MediaTek Battery Driver OOB Write Escalation (CVE-2025-20797)
CVE-2025-20797 Published on January 6, 2026

In battery, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. 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: ALPS10315812; Issue ID: MSV-5534.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-20797 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. 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:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Stack Overflow Vulnerability?

A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

CVE-2025-20797 has been classified to as a Stack Overflow vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-20797

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MediaTek Mt6989
 

Affected Versions

MediaTek, Inc. MT2718, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6877, MT6879, MT6893, MT6985, MT6989, MT6991, MT8186, MT8188, MT8196, MT8367, MT8391, MT8676, MT8678, MT8696, MT8766, MT8768, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788E, MT8791T, MT8792, MT8793, MT8796, MT8873, MT8883, MT8893 Version Android 14.0, 15.0, 16.0 is affected by CVE-2025-20797

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.01%
Percentile
0.43%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.