CVE-2022-42518

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check in BroadcastSmsConfigsRequestData::encode of smsdata.cpp. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android kernel, consider applying a patch that includes a bounds check in BroadcastSmsConfigsRequestData::encode to prevent out of bounds writes. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.