CVE-2022-38697
In messaging service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to access unexpected...
In messaging service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to access unexpected provider in contacts service with no additional execution privileges needed.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In messaging service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to access unexpected provider in contacts service with no additional execution privileges needed.
- Record
CVE-2022-38697- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
In messaging service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to access unexpected provider in contacts service with no additional execution privileges needed.
- Record
CVE-2022-38697- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-41266
In messaging service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to access unexpected provider in contacts service with no additional execution privileges needed.
- Record
EUVD-2022-41266- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pqgf-fq7r-x6mq
In messaging service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to access unexpected...
In messaging service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to access unexpected provider in contacts service with no additional execution privileges needed.
- Record
GHSA-pqgf-fq7r-x6mq- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-38697 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Google Android, published October 14, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.