MediaTek MT6990 NR15/NR16/NR17 5G Modem denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MediaTek MT2735, MT2737, MT6297, MT6298, MT6813, MT6815, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6875, MT6875T, MT6877, MT6879, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6890, MT6891, MT6893, MT6895, MT6895T, MT6896, MT6897, MT6980, MT6980D, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989 and MT6990 NR15/NR16/NR17 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component 5G Modem. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-32842. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MediaTek MT2735, MT2737, MT6297, MT6298, MT6813, MT6815, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6875, MT6875T, MT6877, MT6879, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6890, MT6891, MT6893, MT6895, MT6895T, MT6896, MT6897, MT6980, MT6980D, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989 and MT6990 NR15/NR16/NR17 (Chip Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component 5G Modem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In 5G Modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper error handling. This could lead to remote denial of service when receiving malformed RRC messages, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01130256; Issue ID: MOLY01130256 (MSV-848).

The weakness was published 12/04/2023 as MOLY01130256. It is possible to read the advisory at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-32842 since 05/16/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch MOLY01130256 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Patch: MOLY01130256

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05/16/2023 🔍
12/04/2023 +202 days 🔍
12/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/22/2023 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MOLY01130256
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32842 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246655

Entryinfo

Created: 12/04/2023 07:22
Updated: 12/22/2023 09:41
Changes: 12/04/2023 07:22 (42), 12/22/2023 09:41 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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