What is CVE-2022-27843?

CVE-2022-27843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Kies, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-27843?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-27843 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Samsung Kies

CVE-2022-27843

DLL hijacking vulnerability in Kies prior to version 2.6.4.22014_2 allows attacker to execute abitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Samsung Kies
Samsung Mobile Kies

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon
DNSLab-Advisories/Security-Issue
dlehgus1023/dlehgus1023
karimhabush/cyberowl
l33d0hyun/l33d0hyun

References

mobile.security@samsung.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27843?: CVE-2022-27843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Kies, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2022-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-27843?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-27843 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.