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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-0411
CVE-2021-0411:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2021-0411 is a medium severity vulnerability affecting the flv extractor in MediaTek chipsets. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in October 2021, affecting various MediaTek Smartphone, Tablet, AIoT, Smart display and TV chipsets running Android 10.0 and 11.0 (MediaTek Bulletin).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) in the flv extractor component. The issue occurs due to an integer overflow, which could lead to reading data outside of allocated buffer boundaries (MediaTek Bulletin).
Impact
This vulnerability could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. The vulnerability has been rated as having a medium severity impact (MediaTek Bulletin).
Mitigation and workarounds
MediaTek has released security patches to address this vulnerability. Device OEMs were notified of the issues and corresponding security patches at least two months before publication. Users should ensure their devices are updated with the latest security patches (MediaTek Bulletin).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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