MediaTek MT8789 Wi-Fi Driver denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MediaTek MT6761, MT6762, MT6765, MT6768, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6875, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT7663, MT7668, MT7902, MT7921, MT8167S, MT8175, MT8183, MT8185, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8512A, MT8518, MT8532, MT8667, MT8766, MT8768, MT8786, MT8788 and MT8789 (Chip Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Wi-Fi Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The program does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In Wi-Fi driver, there is a possible way to disconnect Wi-Fi due to an improper resource release. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07030600; Issue ID: ALPS07030600.

The weakness was shared 10/08/2022 as ALPS07030600. The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-32589 since 06/09/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Applying the patch ALPS07030600 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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Patch: ALPS07030600

Timelineinfo

06/09/2022 CVE reserved
10/08/2022 +121 days Advisory disclosed
10/08/2022 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/31/2022 +23 days VulDB last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS07030600
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-32589 (🔒)

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2022 08:58 AM
Updated: 10/31/2022 10:11 AM
Changes: 10/08/2022 08:58 AM (41), 10/31/2022 10:11 AM (11)
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