CVE-2023-20736

MEDIUM

iot-yocto - Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition in vcu

Title source: llm

Description

In vcu, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07645149; Issue ID: ALPS07645189.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/June-2023

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 5.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-362 CWE-787

Status published

Products (4)

google/android 12.0

google/android 13.0

linuxfoundation/iot-yocto 22.2

linuxfoundation/yocto 4.0

Published Jun 06, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026