MediaTek MT8798 Battery memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MediaTek MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6855, MT6895, MT8167, MT8168, MT8188, MT8321, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8797 and MT8798. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Battery. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-20034. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaTek MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6855, MT6895, MT8167, MT8168, MT8188, MT8321, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8797 and MT8798 (Chip Software). Affected is an unknown function 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. CVE summarizes:

In battery, there is a possible escalation of privilege 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: ALPS08488849; Issue ID: ALPS08488849.

The weakness was disclosed 03/04/2024 as ALPS08488849. The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-20034 since 11/02/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch ALPS08488849 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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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: ALPS08488849

Timelineinfo

11/02/2023 🔍
03/04/2024 +123 days 🔍
03/04/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +415 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS08488849
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20034 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20034
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-255612

Entryinfo

Created: 03/04/2024 07:46
Updated: 04/23/2025 08:26
Changes: 03/04/2024 07:46 (41), 04/23/2025 08:26 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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