CVE-2024-20139 Denial of service in MT2737, MT3605, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT7925, MT7927, MT8518S, MT8532, MT8678

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause a denial of service in MediaTek Bluetooth firmware via improper handling of exceptional conditions, requiring no user interaction or privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-20139?

CVE-2024-20139 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 2 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Bluetooth firmware, there is a possible firmware asssert due to improper handling of exceptional conditions. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09001270; Issue ID: MSV-1600.

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20139?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Google Android, Linuxfoundation Yocto, Mediatek Software Development Kit, Openwrt Openwrt.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20139?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20139 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-2024-20139 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20139 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mgww-wpg8-7gmj.

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