CVE-2024-20036 Auth bypass in MT6835, MT6855, MT6879, MT6886, MT6895, MT6983, MT6985, MT8792, MT8796, MT8798

What is CVE-2024-20036?

CVE-2024-20036 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In vdec, there is a possible permission bypass due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS08509508; Issue ID: ALPS08509508.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20036?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20036?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20036 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2024-20036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20036 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-4ggp-9p27-vq7h.