CVE-2022-20446

State: Published
Severity: 3.3 Low
Published: Nov 8, 2022
Updated: May 1, 2025
Reserved: Oct 14, 2021

Description

In AlwaysOnHotwordDetector of AlwaysOnHotwordDetector.java, there is a possible way to access the microphone from the background due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11Android ID: A-229793943

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	3.3 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Androidn/a	Android-10 Android-11Affected

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-11-01

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