PT-2022-4245 · Sony · Sony Xperia Series Pro+2

Slava Makkaveev · Published 2022-08-17 · Updated 2022-08-19 · CVE-2022-23747

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sony Xperia series 1, 5, and Pro (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the dynamic memory of the libMtkOmxAlacDec.so library, which is used for ALAC decoding in Sony Xperia series 1, 5, and Pro. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is also described as an out of bound memory access due to the lack of validation of the number of frames being passed during music playback.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-05095

CVE-2022-23747

Affected Products

Sony Xperia Series 1

Sony Xperia Series 5

Sony Xperia Series Pro

References · 7

• 🔥 https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/bad-alac-one-codec-to-hack-the-whole-world · Exploit
• 🔥 https://cpr-zero.checkpoint.com/vulns/cprid-2191 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-05095 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23747 · Security Note
• https://github.com/macosforge/alac · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/48307 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.206672 · Note