CVE-2022-40278

An issue was discovered in Samsung TizenRT through 3.0_GBM (and 3.1_PRE). createDB in security...

7.5 High

An issue was discovered in Samsung TizenRT through 3.0_GBM (and 3.1_PRE). createDB in security/provisioning/src/provisioningdatabasemanager.c has a missing sqlite3_free after sqlite3_exec, leading to a denial of service.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.69%Up 0.7 points since Sep 9, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2022-40278
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2022-40278
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-43575 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-43575
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gv8p-vwhw-pg7f 7.5

An issue was discovered in Samsung TizenRT through 3.0_GBM (and 3.1_PRE). createDB in security...

Record: GHSA-gv8p-vwhw-pg7f
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2022-40278
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

samsung tizenrt

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-40278 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Samsung Tizenrt, published September 8, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.69%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.