CVE-2022-43543

State: Published
Severity: 5.4 Medium
Published: Dec 21, 2022
Updated: Apr 16, 2025
Reserved: Dec 14, 2022

Description

KDDI +Message App, NTT DOCOMO +Message App, and SoftBank +Message App contain a vulnerability caused by improper handling of Unicode control characters. +Message App displays text unprocessed, even when control characters are contained, and the text is shown based on Unicode control character's specifications. Therefore, a crafted text may display misleading web links. As a result, a spoofed URL may be displayed and phishing attacks may be conducted. Affected products and versions are as follows: KDDI +Message App for Android prior to version 3.9.2 and +Message App for iOS prior to version 3.9.4, NTT DOCOMO +Message App for Android prior to version 54.49.0500 and +Message App for iOS prior to version 3.9.4, and SoftBank +Message App for Android prior to version 12.9.5 and +Message App for iOS prior to version 3.9.4

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

Product	Versions
KDDI +Message App for Android and for iOS, NTT DOCOMO +Message App for Android and for iOS, and SoftBank +Message App for Android and for iOSKDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO, INC., and SoftBank Corp.	KDDI +Message App for Android prior to version 3.9.2 and +Message App for iOS prior to version 3.9.4, NTT DOCOMO +Message App for Android prior to version 54.49.0500 and +Message App for iOS prior to version 3.9.4, and SoftBank +Message App for Android prior to version 12.9.5 and +Message App for iOS prior to version 3.9.4Affected

References

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