CVE-2023-20686

MEDIUM
6.4
CVSS Score
Published: April 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:30 AM UTC
5 products affected across 2 vendorsAndroidMT6983MT6895

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Severity
MEDIUM6.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In display drm, there is a possible double free 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: ALPS07570826; Issue ID: ALPS07570826.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

mediatek-mt6879 (environment) · mediatek-mt6895 (environment) · mediatek-mt6983 (environment) · mediatek-mt8781 (environment)
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Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

6.4MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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