CVE-2025-20656: OOB Write in DA Enables Physical Local Priv Esc Escalation
CVE-2025-20656 Published on April 7, 2025
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 not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09625423; Issue ID: MSV-3033.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-20656 is exploitable with physical access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2025-20656 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
MediaTek, Inc. MT6781, MT6789, MT6835, MT6855, MT6878, MT6879, MT6886, MT6895, MT6897, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT8196, MT8370, MT8390 Version Android 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0 / openWRT 21.02, 23.05 / Yocto 4.0 / RDK-B 24Q1 is affected by CVE-2025-20656Exploit Probability
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