Realtek RTL8195AM Timer Task denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Realtek RTL8195AM. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Timer Task. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-34326. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Realtek RTL8195AM (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Timer Task. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

On Realtek RTL8195AM devices before 284241d70308ff2519e40afd7b284ba892c730a3, the timer task can be locked when there are frequent and continuous Wi-Fi connection failures for the Soft AP mode.

The weakness was published 09/28/2022. The advisory is shared for download at amebaiot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-34326 since 06/22/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch 284241d70308ff2519e40afd7b284ba892c730a3 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-37281). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Patch: 284241d70308ff2519e40afd7b284ba892c730a3

Timelineinfo

06/22/2022 🔍
09/28/2022 +98 days 🔍
09/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/13/2026 +1353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: amebaiot.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-34326 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-34326
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209660
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2022 07:09
Updated: 06/13/2026 00:04
Changes: 09/28/2022 07:09 (39), 10/24/2022 16:11 (11), 05/21/2025 20:03 (15), 06/13/2026 00:04 (1)
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