What is CVE-2022-42779?

CVE-2022-42779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-42779?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Android

CVE-2022-42779

In wlan driver, there is a possible missing bounds check, This could lead to local denial of service in wlan services.

Published 2022-12-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.6% 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 10.0, 11.0, 12.0
Unisoc S8003
Unisoc Sc7731e
Unisoc Sc9832e
Unisoc Sc9863a
Unisoc T310
Unisoc T606
Unisoc T610
Unisoc T612
Unisoc T616

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.unisoc.com/en_us/secy/announcementDetail/1599588060988411006 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42779?: CVE-2022-42779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-42779?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.