MediaTek MT8798 Modem NR16 out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT2737, MT6298, MT6879, MT6886, MT6895, MT6895T, MT6896, MT6980, MT6980D, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT8673, MT8676, MT8795T and MT8798 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Modem NR16. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-20132. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT2737, MT6298, MT6879, MT6886, MT6895, MT6895T, MT6896, MT6980, MT6980D, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT8673, MT8676, MT8795T and MT8798. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Modem NR16. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Modem, there is a possible out of bonds write due to a mission bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY00957388; Issue ID: MSV-1872.

The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-20132 since 11/02/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch MOLY00957388 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

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: MOLY00957388

Timelineinfo

11/02/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-1872
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-20132 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20132
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-286514

Entryinfo

Created: 12/02/2024 07:39
Updated: 12/02/2024 19:54
Changes: 12/02/2024 07:39 (56), 12/02/2024 12:29 (1), 12/02/2024 19:54 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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