CVE-2022-20304
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Content, there is a possible way to determinate the user's account due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to local information disclosure with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-13Android ID: A-199751919
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSide-channel vulnerability in Android's Content component allows local attackers to determine user accounts through timing or other side-channel information leakage. Exploitation requires local device access with user-level execution privileges but needs no user interaction.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 13.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Android version numberGo to Settings > About Phone > Android version, or run 'getprop ro.build.version.release' via ADB shellAffected if Version is exactly 13.0 (Android 13)
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Verify security patch levelGo to Settings > About Phone > Security Patch Level, or run 'getprop ro.build.version.security_patch' via ADB shellAffected if Patch level is August 2022 or earlier (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
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Confirm Content component exposureVerify the device has Content component accessible to local apps: check if apps can access content providers without restrictions via 'pm list packages -3' to see installed third-party apps with potential content accessAffected if Device runs Android 13.0 with security patch level on or before August 2022 and has third-party apps installed that could access content providers
A user is affected if their Android device runs version 13.0 with a security patch level dated August 2022 or earlier, as the side-channel in the Content component can be exploited by any local app with standard user privileges.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedApply Android security updates (patch level after August 2022); this OS-level vulnerability requires system-level patching rather than configuration changes.
Android 14 or later (or latest Android 13 security patch level)
- 1. Check the current Android version on the affected device by going to Settings > About Phone > Android version
- 2. If the device supports Android 14, perform a system update to Android 14 or later by going to Settings > System > Software Update
- 3. If Android 14 is not available for the device, apply the latest monthly security patch available for Android 13 through Settings > System > Software Update > Check for updates
- 4. Verify the update was applied successfully by checking Settings > About Phone > Android version shows the patched level
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-20304 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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