Out of Bounds Read Vulnerability in imgsys by MediaTek
CVE-2023-20838

4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
MediaTek
Status
Mt2713, Mt6895, Mt6897, Mt6983, Mt8188, Mt8195, Mt8395, Mt8673
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 September 2023

Summary

The imgsys component within MediaTek products is affected by a vulnerability that allows potential out of bounds read due to a race condition. Exploiting this vulnerability may lead to local information disclosure, requiring user interaction and specific system execution privileges. MediaTek has issued a patch identified as ALPS07326455 to address this issue, and users are advised to apply the patch to enhance security.

Affected Version(s)

MT2713, MT6895, MT6897, MT6983, MT8188, MT8195, MT8395, MT8673 Android 11.0, 12.0 / Linux 6.1 / IOT-v23.0 / Yocto 4.0

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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