CVE-2023-20686 Race condition in MT6879, MT6895, MT6983, MT8781

What is CVE-2023-20686?

CVE-2023-20686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In display drm, there is a possible double free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07570826; Issue ID: ALPS07570826.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20686?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20686?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20686 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-20686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20686 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-j5gj-g4cc-754w.