What is CVE-2022-33717?

CVE-2022-33717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-33717?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Android

CVE-2022-33717

A missing input validation before memory read in SEM TA prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows local attackers to read out of bound memory.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 0.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 11.0, 12.0
Samsung Mobile Devices — versions R(11), S(12)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-33717?: CVE-2022-33717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-33717?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.