CVE-2023-20851 Race condition in MT8188

What is CVE-2023-20851?

CVE-2023-20851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Sep 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 stc, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08048635; Issue ID: ALPS08048635.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20851?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20851?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20851 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-20851 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20851 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-382v-cr8r-vrf3.