CVE-2022-20491 (GCVE-0-2022-20491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-22 14:07
VLAI?
Summary
In NotificationChannel of NotificationChannel.java, there is a possible failure to persist permissions settings due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-242703556
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Android Affected: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13
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