MediaTek MT8893 V5 DA out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6877, MT6885, MT6893, MT8167, MT8167S, MT8175, MT8185, MT8195, MT8321, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8395, MT8666, MT8667, MT8673, MT8675, MT8678, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8771, MT8775, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8795T, MT8797, MT8798 and MT8893 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component V5 DA. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-20652. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6877, MT6885, MT6893, MT8167, MT8167S, MT8175, MT8185, MT8195, MT8321, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8395, MT8666, MT8667, MT8673, MT8675, MT8678, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8771, MT8775, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8795T, MT8797, MT8798 and MT8893 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component V5 DA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In V5 DA, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure, if an attacker has physical access to the device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09291215; Issue ID: MSV-2052.

The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-20652 since 11/01/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch ALPS09291215 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: ALPS09291215

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11/01/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-2052
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20652 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20652
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-298148

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2025 08:06
Changes: 03/03/2025 08:06 (56)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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