CVE-2022-36938

Q: How do I fix CVE-2022-36938?

Upgrade redex to 2022-11-04 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2022-36938 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-36938 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2022-36938?

CVE-2022-36938 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2022-36938 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for redex (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

DexLoader function get_stringidx_fromdex() in Redex prior to commit 3b44c64 can load an out of bound address when loading the string index table, potentially allowing remote code execution during processing of a 3rd party Android APK file.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read CWE-1284

How to fix

Remediation Available

redexNVD

Affected:< 2022-11-04Fixed in:2022-11-04CVE-2022-36938derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2022-36938?

Upgrade redex to 2022-11-04 or later.

Is CVE-2022-36938 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-36938 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2022-36938?

CVE-2022-36938 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2022-36938 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for redex (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-01.