What is CVE-2024-20073?

CVE-2024-20073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediatek Mt6890, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2024-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2024-20073?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Mediatek Mt6890

CVE-2024-20073

In wlan service, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00367704; Issue ID: MSV-1411.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mediatek Mt6890
Mediatek Mt7622
Mediatek Software_development_kit
Mediatek, Inc. Mt6890, Mt7622 — versions SDK version 5.0.5.0 and before / OpenWRT 19.07, 21.02
Openwrt — versions 19.07.0, 21.02.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security@mediatek.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20073?: CVE-2024-20073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediatek Mt6890, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2024-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-20073?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.