CVE-2022-32602
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 keyinstall, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07388790; Issue ID: ALPS07388790.
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 confidenceIn the keyinstall component, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists due to a missing bounds check. This allows a local attacker to read memory contents beyond the intended buffer boundaries, leading to information disclosure. No special privileges or user interaction are required for exploitation.
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= 11.0= 12.0CVSS 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 versionNavigate to Settings > About Phone or run 'getprop ro.build.version.release' via adb shell to determine the installed Android OS versionAffected if Version is 11 or 12 (exact match to 11.0 or 12.0)
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Check Android security patch levelNavigate to Settings > About Phone > Security patch level or run 'getprop ro.build.version.security_patch' via adb shellAffected if Patch level is earlier than the vendor fix date for ALPS07388790; a user is potentially affected if the patch is not applied
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Verify keyinstall component presenceRun 'dumpsys keyinstall' or check /system/lib64/libkeyinstall.so via adb shell to confirm the keyinstall component is present on the deviceAffected if Component exists and the device runs a vulnerable Android version (11.0 or 12.0) without the security update
A user is affected if the device runs Android 11.0 or 12.0 and lacks the security patch addressing CVE-2022-32602 in the keyinstall component.
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 the vendor patch ALPS07388790 to implement the missing bounds check in the keyinstall component. Verify the fix through local privilege escalation testing and memory access validation.
- Contact MediaTek or your device manufacturer to obtain the security patch ALPS07388790
- Apply the MediaTek-supplied patch to the keyinstall component
- Verify the patch was applied by checking the Android security patch level in Settings > About Phone > Security Patch Level
- Ensure the device receives the latest Android security updates from your device OEM
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 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-2022-32602 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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