CVE-2023-20849 (GCVE-0-2023-20849)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-04 02:28 – Updated: 2024-10-01 18:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In imgsys_cmdq, there is a possible use after free due to a missing valid range checking. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07340433; Issue ID: ALPS07340350.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-01 18:46 UTC
CWE
- Elevation of Privilege
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MediaTek, Inc. | MT2713, MT6895, MT6897, MT6983, MT8188, MT8195, MT8395, MT8781 |
Affected:
Android 11.0, 12.0 / Linux 6.1 / IOT-v23.0 / Yocto 4.0
|
guessed | |
| linuxfoundation | yocto |
Affected:
4.0
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:yocto:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| mediatek | iot_yocto |
Affected:
23.0
cpe:2.3:a:mediatek:iot_yocto:23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| android |
Affected:
11.0
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|||
| android |
Affected:
12.0
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|||
| linux | linux_kernel |
Affected:
6.1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.