MediaTek MT8796 WLAN Service out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6580, MT6761, MT6762, MT6768, MT6781, MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6855, MT6873, MT6875, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT8678, MT8755, MT8775, MT8792 and MT8796. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component WLAN Service. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-20064. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6580, MT6761, MT6762, MT6768, MT6781, MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6855, MT6873, MT6875, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT8678, MT8755, MT8775, MT8792 and MT8796. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component WLAN Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In wlan service, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08572601; Issue ID: MSV-1229.

The advisory is shared at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-20064 since 11/02/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch ALPS08572601 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: ALPS08572601

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11/02/2023 🔍
05/06/2024 +185 days 🔍
05/06/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/04/2025 +274 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ALPS08572601
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20064 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20064
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263149

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2024 06:44
Updated: 02/04/2025 05:03
Changes: 05/06/2024 06:44 (55), 02/04/2025 05:03 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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