CVE-2022-39828
sign_pFwInfo in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 has a missing check on the return value of EC_KEY_set_private_key, leading to a denial of service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
sign_pFwInfo in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 has a missing check on the return value of EC_KEY_set_private_key, leading to a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- samsung/mtower
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/18f4b592a8a973ce5972f4e2658ea0f6e3686284/tools/fwinfogen.c#L193Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/76Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/EC_KEY_set_private_key.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/blob/18f4b592a8a973ce5972f4e2658ea0f6e3686284/tools/fwinfogen.c#L193Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Samsung/mTower/issues/76Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/EC_KEY_set_private_key.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.