It’s August, the time for the August 2022 Android security patch update release. As usual, Samsung began rolling out this update to its Galaxy users ahead of time. Meanwhile, this week, Samsung released its August 2022 patch details which reveal fixes for a dangerous dialer bug.
Samsung fixes a lot of issues and vulnerabilities with each monthly security patch that affects users’ experience and degrades the phone’s performance. Since March, various Galaxy users of Android 10, Android 11, and Android 12 were facing issues with the Samsung Dialer app.
Samsung Dialer is the most common app that every Galaxy owner uses, it helps you make calls with your phone. It is sometimes referred to as bloatware but contains important data therefore, it is necessary for the phone to function properly.
According to the official information, the Samsung Dialer application had exposure to sensitive information that allowed local attackers to access ICCID via logs. This was really a serious issue that users were reporting for five months.
Finally, with the SMR Aug-2022 Release 1, Samsung has fixed this severe Dialer app issue to ensure the security of Galaxy users. Samsung’s August 2022 security update included SVE-2022-0726(CVE-2022-33724) which harms the native Dialer app, you can check it on the official support page.
As soon as your Galaxy phone will receive the August month patch, we recommend you download it. You won’t need to separately upgrade your Dialer app to get the issue fix, the fix has been already added to the security patch so it will come to your phone automatically.
Besides this, Korean tech has also addressed many other vulnerabilities and exposures that are related to Samsung DeX, Bluetooth connectivity, improper access control in DesktopSystemUI, Samsung Dialer, MAC address leak via WiFi and NFC, and others.
So far, the company’s latest flagships and a couple of select mid-range phones have got access to the latest monthly security patch update. However, the company is continuously delivering it and it will reach your phones shortly.
