Android Device Admin API OOB Write LPE via Physical Access
CVE-2025-20696 Published on August 4, 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 needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09915215; Issue ID: MSV-3801.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-20696 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.

Attack Vector:
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
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-2025-20696 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-20696

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Linux Foundation Yocto
 
Rdkcentral Rdk B
 
Google Android
 
Openwrt
 
Zephyrproject Zephyr
 

Affected Versions

MediaTek, Inc. MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6789, MT6813, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6877, MT6878, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6897, MT6899, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT6991, MT8188, MT8196, MT8370, MT8390, MT8676 Version Android 13.0, 14.0, 15.0 / openWRT 21.02, 23.05 / Yocto 4.0 / RDK-B 24Q1 / Zephyr 3.7.0 is affected by CVE-2025-20696

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.01%
Percentile
1.84%

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