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Last updated: November 8th, 2022 at 09:47 UTC+01:00
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According to Samsung's documentation, the November 2022 security patch fixes 46 security vulnerabilities. Three of those are critical, while 32 are marked as high priority. The new patch includes a fix for one moderate vulnerability and ten vulnerabilities specific to Samsung's Galaxy phones and tablets.
The company said that two security bug fixes that Google released in its November 2022 security bulletin were already included in Samsung's October 2022 security patch. The newest security update also includes 15 additional fixes that do not apply to Galaxy devices.
Some of the vulnerabilities in Samsung devices include improper access control for proxy information, the configuration of EDM settings, and device information (via IpcRxServiceModeBigDataInfo in RIL and BootCompletedReceiver_CMCC in DeviceManagement). Samsung has also fixed security issues in Exynos modems, improper input validation in the DualOutFocusViewer function, and the CallBGProvider.
A vulnerability also allowed attackers to access call information from a Galaxy phone or tablet. Other security vulnerabilities included the ability to execute arbitrary code through heap overflow in the sflacf_fal_bytes_peek function in libsmat.so. Another bug allowed attackers to access privileged APIs using the StorageManagerService function.
Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.
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