CVE-2022-39901 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper authentication in Exynos baseband prior to SMR DEC-2022 Release 1 allows remote attacker to disable the network traffic encryption between UE and gNodeB.

Published: 2022-12-08

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Samsung Mobile

Samsung Mobile Devices

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Exynos baseband`	affected	< SMR Dec-2022 Release 1

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:samsung:exynos_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:samsung:exynos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42346	Improper authentication in Exynos baseband prior to SMR DEC-2022 Release 1 allows remote attacker to disable the network traffic encryption between UE and gNodeB.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2022&month=12

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Samsung Exynos Exynos Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Samsung Mobile

Published: 2022-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T15:33:01.441Z

Reserved: 2022-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-39901

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:07:42.878Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-08T16:15:12.277

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:18:29.580

Link: CVE-2022-39901

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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