Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability in MediaTek WiFi Driver
CVE-2022-26442

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
MediaTek
Status
Mt7603, Mt7610, Mt7612, Mt7613, Mt7615, Mt7620, Mt7622, Mt7628, Mt7629, Mt7915, Mt7916, Mt7986, Mt8981
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 August 2022

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the WiFi driver developed by MediaTek, characterized by a possible out of bounds write due to an absence of proper bounds checking. This flaw could potentially allow an attacker to escalate privileges to system execution levels without requiring any user interaction for exploitation. Remediation is available through the patch identified by GN20220420051.

Affected Version(s)

MT7603, MT7610, MT7612, MT7613, MT7615, MT7620, MT7622, MT7628, MT7629, MT7915, MT7916, MT7986, MT8981 7.6.2.3

References

https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/Augus...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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