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CVE-2022-39828
sign_pFwInfo in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 has a missing check on the return value of EC_KEY_set_private_key, leading to a denial of…
High7.5EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
sign_pFwInfo in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 has a missing check on the return value of EC_KEY_set_private_key, leading to a denial of service.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/EC_KEY_set_private_key.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/76 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/18f4b592a8a973ce5972f4e2658ea0f6e3686284/tools/fwinfogen.c#L193 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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