CVE-2024-20019 Denial of service in MT7925, MT7927
A memory leak in the MediaTek Wi-Fi driver allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service without user interaction or privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20019?
CVE-2024-20019 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in MediaTek, Inc. MT7925, MT7927, published on 4 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In wlan driver, there is a possible memory leak due to improper input handling. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00351241; Issue ID: MSV-1173.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20019?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mediatek Software Package.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-20019 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20019 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6h38-c284-95hc.