MediaTek MT8798 Battery memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been 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. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Battery. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-32882. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, 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). This affects some unknown processing of the component Battery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In battery, there is a possible memory corruption due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08308070; Issue ID: ALPS08308616.

The weakness was published 01/02/2024 as ALPS08308070. The advisory is shared at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-32882 since 05/16/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch ALPS08308070 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: ALPS08308070

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05/16/2023 🔍
01/02/2024 +231 days 🔍
01/02/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2025 +533 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS08308070
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32882 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32882
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-249465

Entryinfo

Created: 01/02/2024 10:33
Updated: 06/18/2025 19:16
Changes: 01/02/2024 10:33 (41), 01/22/2024 14:54 (11), 06/18/2025 19:16 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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