CVE-2025-20721 (GCVE-0-2025-20721)
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 imgsensor, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. 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: ALPS10089545; Issue ID: MSV-4279.
References
security@mediatek.comhttps://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/October-2025Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MediaTek, Inc. MT6886, MT6897, MT6899, MT6985, MT6989, MT6991, MT8195, MT8196, MT8370, MT8390, MT8395, MT8792, MT8793 Version: IOT-v25.0 / Android 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0
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