Unisoc T765 BootRom buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Unisoc SC9863A, T310, T610, T618, T606, T612, T616, T760, T770, T820, S8000, T750 and T765. The affected element is an unknown function of the component BootRom. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-38696. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Unisoc SC9863A, T310, T610, T618, T606, T612, T616, T760, T770, T820, S8000, T750 and T765 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component BootRom. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In BootRom, there's a possible missing payload size check. This could lead to memory buffer overflow without requiring additional execution privileges.

The advisory is shared at nccgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-38696 since 08/22/2022. The exploitation is known to be easy. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/22/2022 CVE reserved
09/01/2025 +1106 days Advisory disclosed
09/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nccgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-38696 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38696
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322097

Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2025 10:30
Changes: 09/01/2025 10:30 (53)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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