MediaTek MT8786 Power denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MediaTek MT2735, MT2737, MT6789, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6880, MT6886, MT6890, MT6893, MT6895, MT6980, MT6983, MT6985, MT6990, MT8168, MT8321, MT8768, MT8781 and MT8786. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Power. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-20796. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MediaTek MT2735, MT2737, MT6789, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6880, MT6886, MT6890, MT6893, MT6895, MT6980, MT6983, MT6985, MT6990, MT8168, MT8321, MT8768, MT8781 and MT8786 (Chip Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Power. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In power, there is a possible memory corruption due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local denial of service with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07929790; Issue ID: ALPS07929790.

The weakness was released 08/07/2023 as ALPS07929790. The advisory is shared at corp.mediatek.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-20796 since 10/28/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch ALPS07929790 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: ALPS07929790

Timelineinfo

10/28/2022 🔍
08/07/2023 +283 days 🔍
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08/30/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS07929790
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20796 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20796
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-236261

Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2023 08:58
Updated: 08/30/2023 13:24
Changes: 08/07/2023 08:58 (41), 08/30/2023 13:24 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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