CVE-2024-20040 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting MediaTek WLAN firmware, impacting products from Google, Linux, OpenWrt, and others. It involves an out-of-bounds write due to improper input validation, allowing for remote escalation of privilege without user interaction or additional execution privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over an adjacent network and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, patches are available from MediaTek.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:yocto:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:yocto:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2022q3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rdkcentral:rdk-b:2022q3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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