MediaTek MT8788 Wi-Fi Driver exceptional condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT5221, MT7603, MT7613, MT7615, MT7622, MT7628, MT7629, MT7663, MT7668, MT7682, MT7686, MT7687, MT7697, MT7902, MT7915, MT7916, MT7921, MT7933, MT7981, MT7986, MT8167S, MT8175, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8518S, MT8532, MT8695, MT8696 and MT8788. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-32655. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT5221, MT7603, MT7613, MT7615, MT7622, MT7628, MT7629, MT7663, MT7668, MT7682, MT7686, MT7687, MT7697, MT7902, MT7915, MT7916, MT7921, MT7933, MT7981, MT7986, MT8167S, MT8175, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8518S, MT8532, MT8695, MT8696 and MT8788 (Chip Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Wi-Fi Driver. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-755. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Wi-Fi driver, there is a possible undefined behavior due to incorrect error handling. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: GN20220705028; Issue ID: GN20220705028.

The weakness was disclosed 02/06/2023. The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-32655 since 06/09/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-35721). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Exceptional condition
CWE: CWE-755
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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06/09/2022 🔍
02/06/2023 +242 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: corp.mediatek.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-32655 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-32655
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220282
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2023 21:55
Updated: 06/01/2026 13:54
Changes: 02/06/2023 21:55 (34), 02/06/2023 21:58 (4), 03/05/2023 15:23 (12), 03/26/2025 22:16 (16), 06/01/2026 13:54 (1)
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