CVE-2022-39829
Published
CVSS v3
7.5
HIGH
CVSS v2
N/A
Affected
1
PROJECT
Description
There is a NULL pointer dereference in aes256_encrypt in Samsung mTower through 0.3.0 due to a missing check on the return value of EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new.
mTower is Trusted Execution Environment specially designed to be used on MicroController Units (MCUs) supporting ARM TrustZone technology (e.g., Cortex-M23/33/35p). mTower operates well under restrictions typical for such environment – small RAM and ROM sizes, relatively low performance, absence of rich OSes providing variety of services available on PCs or in enterprise environments. mTower is intended for usage in IoT, embedded devices, Smart Home applications, distributed heterogeneous networks and other environments where secure processing of sensitive data is necessary.