ALPS V6 DA OOB Write for Local Priv Escalation
CVE-2024-20144 Published on January 6, 2025
In V6 DA, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege, if an attacker has physical access to the device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09167056; Issue ID: MSV-2041.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-20144 is exploitable with physical access, requires 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 very high.
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-2024-20144 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
MediaTek, Inc. MT2737, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6878, MT6879, MT6880, MT6885, MT6886, MT6890, MT6893, MT6895, MT6897, MT6980, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT8370, MT8390, MT8676 Version Android 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0 / openWRT 19.07, 21.02, 23.05 / Yocto 4.0 / RDK-B 22Q3, 24Q1 is affected by CVE-2024-20144Exploit Probability
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