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Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2024 · Assigned by MediaTek

CVE-2024-20021

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in MT6768, MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6877, MT6885, MT6893, MT8168, MT8183, MT8188, MT8188T, MT8195, MT8195Z, MT8321, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8666, MT8666A, MT8666B, MT8667, MT8673, MT8 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 98.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In atf spm, there is a possible way to remap physical memory to virtual memory due to a logic error. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08584568; Issue ID: MSV-1249.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MediaTek, Inc. MT6768, MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6877, MT6885, MT6893, MT8168, MT8183, MT8188, MT8188T, MT8195, MT8195Z, MT8321, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8666, MT8666A, MT8666B, MT8667, MT8673, MT8675, MT8675, MT8676, MT8678, MT8765, MT8766, MT8766Z, MT8768, MT8768A, MT8768B, MT8768T, MT8768Z, MT8781, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8788T, MT8788, MT8788X, MT8788Z, MT8792, MT8795T, MT8796, MT8798 Android 12.0, 13.0, 14.0

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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