Out-of-bounds write in MediaTek products - CVE-2024-20090

 

Out-of-bounds write in MediaTek products - CVE-2024-20090

Published: October 8, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98109
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20090
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaTek
Affected software:
MT6761
MT6765
MT6768
MT8385
MT8666
MT8667
MT8766
MT8768
MT8781
MT8788
MT8789
MT6779
MT6785
MT6853
MT6873
MT6885

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a missing bounds check within vdec. A local privileged application can execute arbitrary code.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-20090

Install security update from vendor's website.

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