CVE-2025-20705 (GCVE-0-2025-20705)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-01 05:12
Modified
2025-09-03 03:55
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
In monitor_hang, there is a possible memory corruption due to use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09989078; Issue ID: MSV-3964.
References
security@mediatek.comhttps://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/September-2025Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MediaTek, Inc. MT2718, MT2735, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6789, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6877, MT6878, MT6879, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6890, MT6893, MT6895, MT6897, MT6899, MT6980D, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT6991, MT8169, MT8186, MT8188, MT8676, MT8678, MT8696, MT8775, MT8792, MT8796 Version: Android 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0 / openWRT 19.07, 21.02 / Yocto 2.6
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