It’s August, it’s time for the August 2022 Android security patch update release. As always, Samsung started rolling out this update to its Galaxy users ahead of time. Meanwhile, this week, Samsung released its August 2022 patch details that reveal a fix for a dreaded dialer bug.
Samsung fixes several issues and vulnerabilities with each monthly security patch that affects the user’s experience and degrades the performance of the phone. Since March, various Galaxy users on Android 10, Android 11, and Android 12 were facing issues with the Samsung dialer app.
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Samsung Dialer is the most common app used by every Galaxy owner, it helps you to make calls from your phone. This is sometimes called bloatware, but it contains important data, so it is necessary for the phone to function properly.
According to official information, there was an exposure of sensitive information in the Samsung Dialer application that allowed local attackers to access ICCID through logs. This was actually a serious issue that users were complaining about for five months.
Finally, with SMR August 2022 Release 1, Samsung has fixed this serious dialer app problem to ensure the safety of Galaxy users. Samsung’s August 2022 security update contains SVE-2022-0726 (CVE-2022-33724) that damages the native dialer app, you can check it out on the official help page.
We recommend that you download it as soon as your Galaxy phone receives the August patch. You will not need to upgrade your dialer app separately to fix the problem, the fix has already been added in the security patch so it will come automatically to your phone.
In addition, Korean technology has also addressed several other vulnerabilities and risks related to Samsung DeX, Bluetooth connectivity, improper access control in the desktop system UI, MAC address leaks via the Samsung dialer, WiFi and NFC, and more.
As of now, the company’s latest flagships and select mid-range phones have received the latest monthly security patch update. Although the company is continuously delivering it and it will reach your phone soon.
