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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2022-25820

Medium
4.2/10

Summary

A vulnerable design in fingerprint matching algorithm prior to SMR Mar-2022 Release 1 allows physical attackers to perform brute force attack on screen lock password.

  • HIGH
  • PHYSICAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

The software does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within in a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published