Improper Certificate Validation in MediaTek products - CVE-2022-20081

 

Improper Certificate Validation in MediaTek products - CVE-2022-20081

Published: April 8, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62000
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20081
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper improper certificate validation in A-GPS. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.


Affected software

MT6853
MT6893
MT6889
MT6885
MT6883
MT6877
MT6873
MT6785
MT6781
MT6779
MT8675
MT8667
MT8666
MT6983
MT6895
MT6879
MT6580
MT6833
MT6771
MT6768
MT6765
MT6761
MT6753
MT6739
MT6737
MT6735
Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2022-20081

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Android - addressed in versions 10 2022-04-05, 11 2022-04-05, 12L 2022-04-05, 12 2022-04-05

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