CVE-2025-20727 is a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in MediaTek modems, allowing for remote escalation of privilege. An attacker can exploit this by operating a rogue base station, with no user interaction or prior privileges required. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating severe potential impact including full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, the lack of community discussion and media coverage is typical for most CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:lr12a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:nr15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:nr16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:nr17:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediatek:nr17r:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.