MediaTek MT8678 type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in MediaTek MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6779, MT6785, MT6853, MT6873, MT6885, MT8666, MT8667, MT8673 and MT8678. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to type confusion. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-20106. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6779, MT6785, MT6853, MT6873, MT6885, MT8666, MT8667, MT8673 and MT8678 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In m4u, there is a possible out of bounds write 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: ALPS08960505; Issue ID: MSV-1590.

The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-20106 since 11/02/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch ALPS08960505 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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CNA Base Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Patch: ALPS08960505

Timelineinfo

11/02/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-1590
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20106 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-282938

Entryinfo

Created: 11/04/2024 06:50
Updated: 11/04/2024 13:15
Changes: 11/04/2024 06:50 (54), 11/04/2024 13:15 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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