Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability in MediaTek GPS Components
CVE-2023-20786

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

MediaTek
Status
Mt2713, Mt6580, Mt6739, Mt6761, Mt6765, Mt6768, Mt6779, Mt6781, Mt6785, Mt6789, Mt6833, Mt6835, Mt6853, Mt6855, Mt6873, Mt6877, Mt6879, Mt6883, Mt6885, Mt6886, Mt6889, Mt6893, Mt6895, Mt6983, Mt6985, Mt8167, Mt8167s, Mt8168, Mt8175, Mt8188, Mt8195, Mt8362a, Mt8365, Mt8673
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 August 2023

What is CVE-2023-20786?

An out of bounds write vulnerability has been discovered in MediaTek's GPS components, resulting from a missing bounds check. This flaw could potentially allow an attacker to escalate local privileges to system execution level without requiring any user interaction. Affected systems should be patched promptly to mitigate this risk. For more details and to obtain the patch, please refer to MediaTek's product security bulletin.

Affected Version(s)

MT2713, MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT6985, MT8167, MT8167S, MT8168, MT8175, MT8188, MT8195, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8673 Android 12.0, 13.0

References

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

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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