CVE-2022-39829

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    CVE-2022-39829

    Published: 5 Sept 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: There is a NULL pointer dereference in aes256_encrypt in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 due to a missing check on the return value of EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.

    References: https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/18f4b592a8a973ce5972f4e2658ea0f6e3686284/tools/ecdsa_keygen.c#L135, https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/39xxx/CVE-2022-39829.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39829, https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/75

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -d6d3e693803edcd28edaefe178dfe965c0924565

    Affected versions

    v0.2.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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