Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in MediaTek products - CVE-2023-20620

 

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in MediaTek products - CVE-2023-20620

Published: March 6, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72781
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20620
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local privileged application to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic error within adsp. A local privileged application can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

MT6879
MT6895
MT6983
Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2023-20620

Install security update from vendor's website.

Google Android - addressed in versions 11 2023-03-05, 12L 2023-03-05, 12 2023-03-05, 13 2023-03-05

External References

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