Samsung released March 2022 security patch details that fixes over 50 vulnerabilities

Samsung is the first company that brings the latest software update to its smartphones first of all. Recently, Samsung released March 2022 patch update to its latest flagship Galaxy S22 series. Now, the company has detailed what’s included in its new security update.

As per the official document, Samsung’s March 2022 security patch includes fixes for 50 privacy and security-related vulnerabilities. Two of those vulnerabilities are critical, while 29 of them are termed ‘high’ in terms of severity. Nineteen fixes are for moderate-level vulnerabilities as well as twelve other fixes, but those vulnerabilities are not found in Samsung smartphones or tablets.

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SMR-MAR-2022

Samsung Mobile is releasing a maintenance release for major flagship models as part of the monthly Security Maintenance Release (SMR) process. This SMR package includes patches from Google and Samsung.

Google patches include patches up to Android Security Bulletin – March 2022 package. The Bulletin (March 2022) contains the following CVE items:

Critical

  • CVE-2021-30317, CVE-2021-39708

High

  • CVE-2021-35068,CVE-2021-35077,CVE-2021-35074,CVE-2021-35075,CVE-2021-30323,CVE-2021-30309,CVE-2021-30326,CVE-2021-30322,CVE-2021-30318,CVE-2021-35069,CVE-2021-39692,CVE-2021-39693,CVE-2021-39695,CVE-2021-39697,CVE-2021-39624,CVE-2021-39690,CVE-2021-39667,CVE-2021-0957,CVE-2021-39701,CVE-2021-39702,CVE-2021-39703,CVE-2021-39704,CVE-2021-39706,CVE-2021-39707,CVE-2021-39709,CVE-2021-32484,CVE-2021-32485,CVE-2021-32486,CVE-2021-32487

Moderate

  • CVE-2021-1024,CVE-2021-0978,CVE-2021-0983,CVE-2021-0988,CVE-2021-1013,CVE-2021-1030,CVE-2021-1031,CVE-2021-1003,CVE-2021-0998,CVE-2021-1016,CVE-2021-0989,CVE-2021-0990,CVE-2021-0991,CVE-2021-0994,CVE-2021-0996,CVE-2021-1012,CVE-2021-1025,CVE-2021-1008,CVE-2021-39689

Already included in previous updates

  • : None

Not applicable to Samsung devices

  • : CVE-2022-20025,CVE-2022-20027,CVE-2022-20028,CVE-2022-20026,CVE-2021-39672,CVE-2021-39635,CVE-2021-39658,CVE-2021-39616,CVE-2022-20024,CVE-2021-39631,CVE-2021-39699,CVE-2021-39705

The update also fixes various security vulnerabilities in Wearable Manager Installer, Weather app, Setup Wizard, Samsung Lock, One UI Home, UWB, SDP driver, and fingerprint matching algorithm have been fixed. Samsung also fixed a vulnerability present in the Shannon modem, and it was related to the improper use of the SMS buffer pointer.

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