Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability in MediaTek WLAN Access Point Driver
CVE-2025-20683
Currently unrated
Key Information:
- Vendor
MediaTek
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 8 July 2025
What is CVE-2025-20683?
The MediaTek WLAN Access Point Driver contains a vulnerability that allows for improper bounds checking, leading to potential out of bounds write conditions. This flaw could enable a local attacker to escalate their privileges, requiring only user execution privileges for exploitation. Importantly, user interaction is not necessary to exploit this vulnerability, underscoring the critical need for timely patching. Affected systems must be updated with the appropriate security patches to mitigate risks.
Affected Version(s)
MT6890, MT7615, MT7622, MT7663, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981, MT7986 SDK release 7.6.7.2 and before / openWRT 19.07, 21.02