7.5
HIGH
CVE-2022-40761
Samsung mTower TEE Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The function tee_obj_free in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 allows a trusted application to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by invoking the function TEE_AllocateOperation with a disturbed heap layout, related to utee_cryp_obj_alloc.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 16, 2022, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-40761 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Samsung mtower
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/efd36709306a9afcca5b4782499d01be0c7a02a5/tee/tee/tee_obj.c#L109
    Added Reference https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/efd36709306a9afcca5b4782499d01be0c7a02a5/tee/tee/tee_svc_cryp.c#L1248
    Added Reference https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/83
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/efd36709306a9afcca5b4782499d01be0c7a02a5/tee/tee/tee_obj.c#L109 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/efd36709306a9afcca5b4782499d01be0c7a02a5/tee/tee/tee_obj.c#L109 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/efd36709306a9afcca5b4782499d01be0c7a02a5/tee/tee/tee_svc_cryp.c#L1248 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/efd36709306a9afcca5b4782499d01be0c7a02a5/tee/tee/tee_svc_cryp.c#L1248 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/83 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/83 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samsung:mtower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.3.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.04 }} 0.30%

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0.84313

percentile

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