CVE-2022-36860
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 · uneditedA heap-based overflow vulnerability in LoadEnvironment function in libSDKRecognitionText.spensdk.samsung.so library prior to SMR Sep-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to cause memory access fault.
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 · high confidenceA heap-based buffer overflow in the LoadEnvironment function of Samsung's S Pen text recognition library (libSDKRecognitionText.spensdk.samsung.so) allows an attacker to cause memory corruption and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution by triggering the overflow through malicious input processed by the affected function.
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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= 10.0= 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
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 > Android version and record the version numberAffected if Android version is 10.0, 11.0, or 12.0
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Locate the vulnerable librarySearch for the file libSDKRecognitionText.spensdk.samsung.so on the device filesystem. On Samsung devices this library is typically located in /system/lib/ or /vendor/lib/ directoriesAffected if The library libSDKRecognitionText.spensdk.samsung.so exists on the device
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Determine library version or patch levelExamine the library file metadata or check the Samsung S Pen SDK version information. Compare against the SMR September-2022 Release 1 patch dateAffected if The library version is unpatched or was released before the SMR September-2022 Release 1 update
A device is affected if it runs Android 10.0, 11.0, or 12.0 and contains the libSDKRecognitionText.spensdk.samsung.so library that has not been updated to the SMR September-2022 Release 1 or later version.
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 · scopedUpdate the Samsung device firmware or SDK to SMR September-2022 Release 1 or later, which contains the patch for this vulnerability in the libSDKRecognitionText library.
SMR Sep-2022 Release 1 (September 2022 security patch level)
- Ensure your Samsung device is running Android 10, 11, or 12
- Check for and install the September 2022 security update (SMR Sep-2022 Release 1) via Settings > Software update > Download and install
- Verify the update was successfully applied by checking the Android security patch level in Settings > About phone > Software information
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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