cve-2023-20679
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-04-06 00:00
Modified
2025-02-12 15:50
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
In wlan, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07588413; Issue ID: ALPS07588453.
References
security@mediatek.comhttps://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/April-2023Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/April-2023Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MediaTek, Inc. MT5221, MT6781, MT6789, MT6833, MT6855, MT6877, MT6879, MT6895, MT6983, MT7663, MT7668, MT7902, MT7921, MT8167S, MT8168, MT8169, MT8175, MT8185, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8518, MT8532, MT8675, MT8695, MT8766, MT8768, MT8771, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8797, MT8798 Version: Android 11.0, 12.0, 13.0 / Yocto 3.1, 3.3, 4.0 / Linux-4.19 (for MT5221, MT7663, MT7668, MT7902 and MT7921 chipsets only)
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