CVE-2025-20701 (GCVE-0-2025-20701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-04 06:20
Modified
2025-08-05 03:56
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
In the Airoha Bluetooth audio SDK, there is a possible way to pair Bluetooth audio device without user consent. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Airoha Technology Corp. AB156x, AB157x, AB158x, AB159x series Version: Airoha IoT SDK for BT audio v5.5.0 and earlier
Version: Airoha AB1561x/AB1562x/AB1563x SDK v3.3.1 and earlier
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