Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in MediaTek products - CVE-2024-20009

 

Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in MediaTek products - CVE-2024-20009

Published: February 6, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86131
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20009
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local application to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to an incorrect error handling within alac decoder. A local application can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

MT8167S
MT6886
MT6895
MT6983
MT6985
MT8163
MT8167
MT8168
MT8173
MT8175
MT8176
MT8185
MT8188
MT8188T
MT6580
MT6879
MT6855
MT6835
MT6833
MT6789
MT6765
MT6762
MT6761
MT6739
MT6885
MT6889
MT6883
MT6877
MT6873
MT6853T
MT6853
MT6785
MT6779
Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2024-20009

Install security update from vendor's website.

Google Android - addressed in versions 11 2024-02-05, 12L 2024-02-05, 12 2024-02-05, 13 2024-02-05, 14 2024-02-05

External References

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