Vulnerability · Published Nov 8, 2022 · Assigned by MediaTek

CVE-2022-32617

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in MT6789, MT6855, MT6895, MT6983, MT8798 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 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In typec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect calculation of buffer size. This could lead to local escalation of privilege, for an attacker who has physical access to the device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07262364; Issue ID: ALPS07262364.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
MediaTek, Inc.	MT6789, MT6855, MT6895, MT6983, MT8798	Android 11.0, 12.0, 13.0

Weakness: CWE-131 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/November-2022