MediaTek MT8797 Telephony deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MediaTek MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8321, MT8385, MT8666, MT8675, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791 and MT8797. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Telephony. Such manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-26471. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8321, MT8385, MT8666, MT8675, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791 and MT8797 (Chip Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Telephony. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In telephony, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a parcel format mismatch. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07319121; Issue ID: ALPS07319121.

The weakness was presented 10/08/2022 as ALPS07319121. The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-26471 since 03/04/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch ALPS07319121 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-31030). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: ALPS07319121

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03/04/2022 🔍
10/08/2022 +217 days 🔍
10/08/2022 +0 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS07319121
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26471 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26471
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210338
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2022 09:10
Updated: 05/09/2026 15:37
Changes: 10/08/2022 09:10 (40), 10/31/2022 11:08 (11), 05/09/2026 15:37 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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