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CVE-2023-20665: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-20665 is a security vulnerability discovered in the ril component affecting MediaTek chipsets. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 6, 2023, and affects Android versions 12.0 and 13.0. The issue stems from a possible out-of-bounds read due to a missing bounds check (MediaTek Bulletin).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a medium severity issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.4 (MEDIUM). The vulnerability type is identified as Information Disclosure (ID) and is categorized under CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation). The vulnerability requires System execution privileges for exploitation, and user interaction is not needed (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges required. The affected components include various MediaTek chipsets such as MT6739, MT6761, MT6762, MT6763, MT6765, and several others in the MT67xx, MT68xx, MT69xx, and MT87xx series (MediaTek Bulletin).

Mitigation and workarounds

MediaTek has addressed this vulnerability through security patches identified as Patch ID: ALPS07628604. Device OEMs were notified of the issue and corresponding security patches at least two months before the public disclosure (MediaTek Bulletin).

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