CVE-2022-21747 Denial of service in MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6885, MT6893, MT8167, MT8167S, MT8168, MT8173, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8797

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A missing bounds check in MediaTek imgsensor allows local attackers with system privileges to cause a denial of service.

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-2022-21747?

CVE-2022-21747 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In imgsensor, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local denial of service with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS06478078; Issue ID: ALPS06478078.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21747?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21747?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21747 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-21747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2v5w-x4f3-xf47.

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