CVE-2025-20801

In seninf, there is a possible memory corruption due to a race condition. 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: ALPS10251210; Issue ID: MSV-4926.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/January-2026	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:13.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:14.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:15.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:-::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt6878:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt6897:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt6899:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt6985:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt6989:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt6991:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt6993:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt8792:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt8796:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:mediatek:mt8798:-:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-01-06 02:15

Updated : 2026-01-12 09:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-20801

Mitre link : CVE-2025-20801

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-20801

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediatek

mt8798
mt6993
mt6897
mt8796
mt6989
mt6878
mt6985
mt8792
mt6991
mt6899

google

android

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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