Memory Corruption in MediaTek seninf Allows Local Priv Escalation
CVE-2025-20801 Published on January 6, 2026
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-20801 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2025-20801 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-20801
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Affected Versions
MediaTek, Inc. MT6878, MT6897, MT6899, MT6985, MT6989, MT6991, MT6993, MT8792, MT8796, MT8798 Version Android 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0 is affected by CVE-2025-20801Exploit Probability
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