Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-20151

Medium

Published: 06 January 2025

Published
06 January 2025
Modified
21 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 50.0th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-20151 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Mediatek Nr16. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 50.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In Modem, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for…

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exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01399339; Issue ID: MSV-1928.

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mediatek
nr16
all versions
mediatek
nr17
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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