MediaTek MT8797 Audio DSP out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6873, MT6875, MT6877, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893 and MT8797. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Audio DSP. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-0661. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6873, MT6875, MT6877, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893 and MT8797. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Audio DSP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/25/2021. The advisory is shared at corp.mediatek.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-0661 since 11/06/2020. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/06/2020 🔍
10/25/2021 +352 days 🔍
10/25/2021 +0 days 🔍
10/30/2021 +5 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: corp.mediatek.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-0661 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-0661
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-185381

Entryinfo

Created: 10/25/2021 19:14
Updated: 10/30/2021 10:33
Changes: 10/25/2021 19:14 (37), 10/25/2021 19:58 (1), 10/30/2021 10:28 (1), 10/30/2021 10:33 (18)
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