CVE-2022-20014 Memory corruption in MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6873, MT6877, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT8183, MT8185, MT8385, MT8788, MT8789

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

Local attackers with system privileges can exploit memory corruption in the vow driver to escalate privileges on MediaTek devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-20014?

CVE-2022-20014 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In vow driver, there is a possible memory corruption due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS05857308; Issue ID: ALPS05857308.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20014?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-20014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-45mw-x2rr-9wpc.

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