Contacts-service interruption via missing permission check
Published Jan 4, 2023 · Updated Apr 10, 2025
Missing authorization in UNISOC Android 10 through 12 messaging services allows local users to interrupt the contacts service. UNISOC has not published which messaging-service operation omits the permission check or how crafted input reaches the contacts service. Exploitation is local and requires user interaction under the vendor vector; the narrative identifies only a contacts-service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in UNISOC Android 10 through 12 messaging services allows local users to interrupt the contacts service. UNISOC has not published which messaging-service operation omits the permission check or how crafted input reaches the contacts service. Exploitation is local and requires user interaction under the vendor vector; the narrative identifies only a contacts-service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-44438
- Published
- Jan 4, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-862
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 4, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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