MediaTek MT8796 Wlan improper check or handling of exceptional conditions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MediaTek MT6835, MT6878, MT6886, MT6897, MT6980, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT8678, MT8775, MT8792 and MT8796. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Wlan. This manipulation causes improper check or handling of exceptional conditions. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-20089. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MediaTek MT6835, MT6878, MT6886, MT6897, MT6980, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT8678, MT8775, MT8792 and MT8796 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Wlan. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper check or handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-703. The product does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the product. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In wlan, there is a possible denial of service due to incorrect error handling. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08861558; Issue ID: MSV-1526.

The advisory is shared at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-20089 since 11/02/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch ALPS08861558 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Class: Improper check or handling of exceptional conditions
CWE: CWE-703
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: ALPS08861558

Timelineinfo

11/02/2023 🔍
09/02/2024 +304 days 🔍
09/02/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/05/2024 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-1526
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20089 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20089
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-276277

Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2024 06:49
Updated: 09/05/2024 17:23
Changes: 09/02/2024 06:49 (55), 09/02/2024 13:55 (1), 09/04/2024 08:43 (11), 09/05/2024 17:23 (11)
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