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CVE-2024-20017

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 46.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-03-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In wlan service, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation Patch ID: WCNCR00350938; Issue ID: MSV-1132.

Affected products

• Mediatek Software Development Kit: through 7.4.0.1; through 7.6.7.0
• openwrt: 19.07.0, 21.02.0

References

• https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/March-2024
• https://blog.coffinsec.com/0day/2024/08/30/exploiting-CVE-2024-20017-four-different-ways.html
• https://blog.sonicwall.com/en-us/2024/09/critical-exploit-in-mediatek-wi-fi-chipsets-zero-click-vulnerability-cve-2024-20017-threatens-routers-and-smartphones/
• https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/March-2024
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41605680

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