What is CVE-2022-38164?

CVE-2022-38164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F-Secure Safe, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-38164?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in F-Secure Safe

CVE-2022-38164

A vulnerability affecting F-Secure SAFE browser for Android and iOS was discovered. A maliciously crafted website could make a phishing attack with URL spoofing as the browser only display certain part of the entire URL.

Published 2022-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

F-Secure Safe

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References

withsecure.com (Third Party Advisory)
www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security-advisories (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38164?: CVE-2022-38164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F-Secure Safe, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-38164?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.