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Here’s why November 2022 security update is crucial for your Samsung device
In late October, Samsung seeded the November 2022 security patch and a One UI 5 Beta-based firmware update. On the 8th, Samsung released the November 2022 security patch details, which shows, why the new update is crucial for your Galaxy device.
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No doubt, Samsung takes security and privacy issues very seriously and is doing its best to resolve problems and threats as quickly as possible. At Samsung, the security of Galaxy devices and maintaining consumers’ trust is the top priority.
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Notably, the Korean tech giant delivers monthly, quarterly and biannual security updates to various Galaxy devices, gathered here. Galaxy devices released in 2019 and later are eligible for up to 4 years of patches, while select phones released in/after 2021 are eligible for up to 5 years of regular updates.
Let’s discuss why November 2022 security update is crucial for your Samsung device:
Critical
The November 2022 security update brings fixes for three critical CVEs for your Galaxy device. The CVEs listed in patch notes are as follows:
- CVE-2022-25748
- CVE-2022-25720
- CVE-2022-33243
High
While there are just 3 critical CVEs, the November 2022 update also resolves 32 high levels of common vulnerability exposures in order to ensure the best privacy on Galaxy devices. You can check the high levels of CVEs listed in patch notes below.
32 high: CVE-2021-0696, CVE-2021-0951, CVE-2021-0699, CVE-2022-20422, CVE-2022-20421, CVE-2022-20423, CVE-2022-25661, CVE-2022-25660, CVE-2022-25749, CVE-2022-25736, CVE-2022-33217, CVE-2022-33214, CVE-2022-22077, CVE-2022-2209, CVE-2022-20441, CVE-2022-20446, CVE-2022-20448, CVE-2022-20450, CVE-2022-20452, CVE-2022-20457, CVE-2022-20455, CVE-2022-20426, CVE-2022-20451, CVE-2022-20454, CVE-2022-20462, CVE-2022-20463, CVE-2022-20465, CVE-2022-20445, CVE-2022-20447, CVE-2022-20414, CVE-2022-20453, CVE-2022-20115
Moderate
There are just a moderate level of vulnerability mentioned in the November 2022 security patch detailed shared by Samsung, which is named – CVE-2022-20409.
Already included in previous updates
Samsung not only releases updates faster than Google, but also solves discovered bugs and viruses ahead of the Android maker. The company noted that two CVEs were already fixed with previous software updates for Galaxy devices.
- CVE-2022-20424
- CVE-2022-25723
Not applicable to Samsung devices
Apart from this, Google spotted and fixed 15 CVE items that are not applicable to Galaxy devices.
CVE-2022-26472, CVE-2022-26471, CVE-2022-25687, CVE-2022-25718, CVE-2022-20430, CVE-2022-20431, CVE-2022-20432, CVE-2022-20433, CVE-2022-20434, CVE-2022-20435, CVE-2022-20436, CVE-2022-20437, CVE-2022-20440, CVE-2022-20438, CVE-2022-20439
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