What is CVE-2022-40759?

CVE-2022-40759 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mtower, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-40759?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Samsung Mtower

CVE-2022-40759

A NULL pointer dereference issue in the TEE_MACCompareFinal function in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 allows a trusted application to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by invoking the function TEE_MACCompareFinal with a NULL pointer for the parameter operation.

Published 2022-09-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 61st percentile — 61.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Samsung Mtower

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/efd36709306a9afcca5b4782499d01be0c7a02a5/tee/lib… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/80 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40759?: CVE-2022-40759 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Mtower, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-40759?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.