CVE-2022-20079 Information disclosure in MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6873, MT6877, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6891, MT6893, MT8185, MT8789, MT8791, MT8797

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A local attacker with system privileges can read uninitialized data in MediaTek SoCs due to improper input validation, leading to information disclosure.

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-2022-20079?

CVE-2022-20079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In vow, there is a possible read of uninitialized data due to a improper input validation. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is no needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS05837742; Issue ID: ALPS05857289.

Weakness: CWE-908

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20079?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20079?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-20079 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20079 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6mp3-g6v4-83w7.

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