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Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2023 · Assigned by MediaTek

CVE-2023-20628

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6762, MT6765, MT6768, MT6769, MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8167, from MediaTek, Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In thermal, there is a possible memory corruption due to an uncaught exception. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07494460; Issue ID: ALPS07494460.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MediaTek, Inc. MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6762, MT6765, MT6768, MT6769, MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8167, MT8167S, MT8168, MT8175, MT8321, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8797 Android 12.0, 13.0

Weakness: CWE-248 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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