CVE-2022-40761

The function tee_obj_free in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 allows a trusted application to trigger...

7.5 High

The function tee_obj_free in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 allows a trusted application to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by invoking the function TEE_AllocateOperation with a disturbed heap layout, related to utee_cryp_obj_alloc.

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

1.68%Up 0.8 points since Sep 17, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2022-40761
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-1284
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2022-40761
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-44028 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-44028
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pj69-hq2r-jmr8 7.5

The function tee_obj_free in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 allows a trusted application to trigger...

Record: GHSA-pj69-hq2r-jmr8
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-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2022-40761
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

samsung mtower

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-2022-40761 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Samsung Mtower, published September 16, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.68%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.