CVE-2022-20255
In SettingsProvider, there is a possible way to read or change the default ringtone due to a...
In SettingsProvider, there is a possible way to read or change the default ringtone 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-13Android ID: A-222687217
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In SettingsProvider, there is a possible way to read or change the default ringtone 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-13Android ID: A-222687217
- Record
CVE-2022-20255- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In SettingsProvider, there is a possible way to read or change the default ringtone 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-13Android ID: A-222687217
- Record
CVE-2022-20255- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-25515 No score
In SettingsProvider, there is a possible way to read or change the default ringtone 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-13Android ID: A-222687217
- Record
EUVD-2022-25515- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fgfr-f6v2-x92j
In SettingsProvider, there is a possible way to read or change the default ringtone due to a...
In SettingsProvider, there is a possible way to read or change the default ringtone 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-13Android ID: A-222687217
- Record
GHSA-fgfr-f6v2-x92j- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-20255 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Google Android, published August 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.09%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.