MediaTek MT8796 WLAN Driver out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT3605, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT7927, MT8183, MT8365, MT8512, MT8676, MT8678, MT8695, MT8698, MT8755, MT8775, MT8792 and MT8796 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WLAN Driver. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-20100. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaTek MT3605, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT7927, MT8183, MT8365, MT8512, MT8676, MT8678, MT8695, MT8698, MT8755, MT8775, MT8792 and MT8796. Affected is an unknown code of the component WLAN Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In wlan driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08998449; Issue ID: MSV-1603.

The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-20100 since 11/02/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch ALPS08998449 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Patch: ALPS08998449

Timelineinfo

11/02/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-1603
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20100 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20100
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279444

Entryinfo

Created: 10/07/2024 08:02
Changes: 10/07/2024 08:02 (56)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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