What is CVE-2022-39888?

CVE-2022-39888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Devices, classified under CWE-284 IMPROPER ACCESS CONTROL. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-39888?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Devices

CVE-2022-39888

Improper access control vulnerability in retrieveExternalProxy in MiscPolicy prior to SMR Nov-2022 Release 1 allows local attacker to access to Proxy information.

Published 2025-09-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 3.3% 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

Samsung Mobile Devices — versions SMR Nov-2022 Release in Q(10), R(11), S(12)

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-39888?: CVE-2022-39888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Devices, classified under CWE-284 IMPROPER ACCESS CONTROL. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-39888?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.