CVE-2023-20802 Memory corruption in MT6879, MT6895, MT6983, MT8188, MT8195, MT8395, MT8781

What is CVE-2023-20802?

CVE-2023-20802 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In imgsys, there is a possible memory corruption due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07420968; Issue ID: ALPS07420976.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20802?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Linuxfoundation Yocto.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20802?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20802 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-2023-20802 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-529f-86mv-jvcp.