CVE-2023-32843 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MediaTek 5G modems, stemming from improper error handling when processing malformed RRC messages. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the system without requiring user interaction or additional privileges, as reflected by its CVSS score of 7.5. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including its association with the "5Ghoul" attacks.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:nr15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:nr16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:nr17:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.