CVE-2025-20718 (GCVE-0-2025-20718)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-14 09:11
Modified
2025-10-15 03:56
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 wlan AP driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00419945; Issue ID: MSV-3581.
References
security@mediatek.comhttps://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/October-2025Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MediaTek, Inc. MT6890, MT7615, MT7622, MT7663, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981, MT7986 Version: SDK release 7.6.7.2 and before / openWRT 19.07, 21.02
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