CVE-2024-20017 is a critical vulnerability affecting MediaTek and OpenWrt products, stemming from an out-of-bounds write in the WLAN service due to improper input validation. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk of remote code execution without requiring user interaction or additional privileges. While not yet in the KEV catalog, extensive community discussion and recent publications detail multiple exploitation methods, highlighting a high potential for active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediatek:software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.6.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediatek:software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.07.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:19.07.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.02.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:21.02.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.