Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in MediaTek products - CVE-2022-20066

 

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in MediaTek products - CVE-2022-20066

Published: March 7, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU73039
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20066
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local privileged application to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect error handling within atf (hwfde). A local privileged application can gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

MT6771
MT8788
MT8768
MT8766
MT8667
MT8666
MT6833
MT8168
MT6769
MT6765
MT6761
MT6739
MT6580
MT8696
MT8365
MT6891
MT6877
MT6875
MT6873
MT6785

How to mitigate CVE-2022-20066

Install security update from vendor's website.


External References

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