What is CVE-2022-22270?

CVE-2022-22270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-22270?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

RCE in Google Android

CVE-2022-22270

An implicit Intent hijacking vulnerability in Dialer prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows unprivileged applications to access contact information.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2022-01-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
Samsung Mobile Devices — versions P(9.0), Q(10.0), R(11.0)

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22270?: CVE-2022-22270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-22270?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.