CVE-2023-20771 Race condition in MT6580, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6771, MT6779, MT6785, MT8168, MT8781

What is CVE-2023-20771?

CVE-2023-20771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In display, there is a possible memory corruption 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: ALPS07671046; Issue ID: ALPS07671046.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20771?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20771?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20771 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-20771 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20771 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-589w-p7g5-j9f7.