MediaTek MT9980 Video Decoder out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaTek MT5816, MT5835, MT6885, MT6893, MT9900, MT9901, MT9950, MT9969, MT9970 and MT9980. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Video Decoder. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-20048. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaTek MT5816, MT5835, MT6885, MT6893, MT9900, MT9901, MT9950, MT9969, MT9970 and MT9980. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Video Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 03/11/2022. The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-20048 since 10/12/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

10/12/2021 🔍
03/11/2022 +150 days 🔍
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03/14/2022 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: corp.mediatek.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-20048 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-20048
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-194700

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2022 11:07
Updated: 03/14/2022 08:18
Changes: 03/11/2022 11:07 (37), 03/14/2022 08:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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