VDB-186972 · CVE-2021-0629 · GCVE-0-2021-0629

MediaTek MT9981 mdlactl Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaTek MT6873, MT6875, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT8195, MT8791, MT8797, MT9636, MT9638, MT9639, MT9650, MT9652, MT9669, MT9686, MT9970, MT9980 and MT9981. Impacted is an unknown function of the component mdlactl Driver. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2021-0629. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6873, MT6875, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT8195, MT8791, MT8797, MT9636, MT9638, MT9639, MT9650, MT9652, MT9669, MT9686, MT9970, MT9980 and MT9981. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component mdlactl Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/19/2021. The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-0629 since 11/06/2020. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Type

Chip Software

Vendor

MediaTek

Name

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

11/06/2020 🔍
11/19/2021 +378 days 🔍
11/19/2021 +0 days 🔍
11/22/2021 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: corp.mediatek.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-0629 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-0629
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-186972

Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2021 09:22
Updated: 11/22/2021 14:18
Changes: 11/19/2021 09:22 (37), 11/22/2021 14:14 (1), 11/22/2021 14:18 (18)
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