Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2025
CVE-2025-20696
In DA, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check
6.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In DA, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege, if an attacker has physical access to the device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09915215; Issue ID: MSV-3801.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
13.0; 14.0; 15.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openwrt · Openwrt
21.02.0; 23.05 · source: NVD
RD
Rdk-b · Rdkcentral
2024q1 · source: NVD
YO
Yocto · Linuxfoundation
4.0 · source: NVD
ZE
Zephyr · Zephyrproject
3.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20696
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20696
Vendor Advisory
https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/August-2025
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