CVE-2022-42538
Elevation of privilege
9.8 Critical
Elevation of privilege
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
0.36%Up 0.3 points since Dec 1, 2023
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Elevation of privilege
- Record
CVE-2022-42538- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Elevation of privilege
- Record
CVE-2022-42538- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-45605
Elevation of privilege
- Record
EUVD-2022-45605- CVSS
- 0.0 None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wmvf-f464-vfjg
Elevation of privilege
Elevation of privilege
- Record
GHSA-wmvf-f464-vfjg- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-42538 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Android, published November 29, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.