CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-3407

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Sep 01, 2023 | Modified: Sep 08, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

I some cases, when the device is USB-tethered to a host PC, and the device is sharing its mobile network connection with the host PC, if the user originates a call on the device, then the devices modem may reset and cause the phone call to not succeed. This may block the user from dialing emergency services. This patch resolves the devices modem reset issue.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Smartphone_firmware Motorola * 2022-11-01 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

References