CVE-2025-20706 (GCVE-0-2025-20706)
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 mbrain, 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: ALPS09924624; Issue ID: MSV-3826.
References
security@mediatek.comhttps://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/September-2025Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MediaTek, Inc. MT6899, MT6989, MT6991, MT8676, MT8678 Version: Android 14.0, 15.0
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