CVE-2023-20624 Memory corruption in MT6789, MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6875, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6983, MT8781, MT8791, MT8791T, MT8797

What is CVE-2023-20624?

CVE-2023-20624 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Mar 2023. 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 out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07628530; Issue ID: ALPS07628530.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20624?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20624?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20624 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-2023-20624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q9gj-23xf-h9v8.