MediaTek MT8798 Battery information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in MediaTek MT6762, MT6765, MT6833, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6983, MT8167, MT8168, MT8188, MT8321, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8797 and MT8798. This affects an unknown part of the component Battery. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-32881. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6762, MT6765, MT6833, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6983, MT8167, MT8168, MT8188, MT8321, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8797 and MT8798 (Chip Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Battery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In battery, there is a possible information disclosure due to an integer overflow. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08308070; Issue ID: ALPS08308080.

The weakness was published 01/02/2024 as ALPS08308070. The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-32881 since 05/16/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Applying the patch ALPS08308070 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.3

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: ALPS08308070

Timelineinfo

05/16/2023 🔍
01/02/2024 +231 days 🔍
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06/18/2025 +533 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS08308070
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32881 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32881
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-249460

Entryinfo

Created: 01/02/2024 10:32
Updated: 06/18/2025 19:16
Changes: 01/02/2024 10:32 (41), 01/22/2024 14:43 (11), 06/18/2025 19:16 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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