Out-of-bounds write in Windows WLAN driver leads to privilege escalation
CVE-2024-20018 Published on March 4, 2024
In wlan driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00348479; Issue ID: MSV-1019.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-20018 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2024-20018 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-20018
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Affected Versions
MediaTek, Inc. MT7615:- Version SDK version 5.1.0.0 and before is affected.
- Before and including 5.1.0.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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