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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-20671
CVE-2025-20671:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2025-20671 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability discovered in MediaTek's thermal component, disclosed on May 5, 2025. The vulnerability affects various MediaTek chipsets in devices running Android 14.0 and 15.0, including multiple models such as MT2718, MT6878, MT6897, MT6899, MT6989, MT6991, MT8196, MT8391, MT8676, and MT8678 (MediaTek Bulletin).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a medium-severity out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) that occurs due to a race condition in the thermal component. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.0 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to local escalation of privilege if an attacker has already obtained system privileges. The vulnerability affects multiple MediaTek chipset models running Android versions 14.0 and 15.0 (MediaTek Bulletin, Wiz).
Mitigation and workarounds
MediaTek has coordinated with device manufacturers to provide security patches at least two months before the public disclosure. Users are strongly advised to install the latest firmware updates and security patches as soon as they become available from their respective device manufacturers (MediaTek Bulletin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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