CVE-2022-26461 (GCVE-0-2022-26461)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-06 17:19
Modified
2025-06-12 13:43
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Summary
In vow, there is a possible undefined behavior due to an API misuse. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS07032604; Issue ID: ALPS07032604.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MediaTek, Inc. MT6833, MT6853, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT8791, MT8797 Version: Android 11.0, 12.0
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