CVE-2024-20152 Denial of service in MT2737, MT3603, MT6835, MT6878, MT6886, MT6897, MT6990, MT7902, MT7920, MT7922, MT8518S, MT8532, MT8755, MT8766, MT8768, MT8775, MT8781, MT8796, MT8798, MT8893

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A reachable assertion in the MediaTek WLAN STA driver allows local denial of service for attackers with System privileges.

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

What is CVE-2024-20152?

CVE-2024-20152 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In wlan STA driver, there is a possible reachable assertion due to improper exception handling. This could lead to local denial of service if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00389047 / ALPS09136505; Issue ID: MSV-1798.

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20152?

It affects 4 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2024-20152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20152 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-2024-20152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-88jr-vqf8-xrxx.

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