CVE-2025-20742 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the WLAN AP driver of MediaTek and OpenWrt products, stemming from an incorrect bounds check. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 8.0, indicating a significant risk of remote (proximal/adjacent) escalation of privilege without requiring user interaction or additional execution privileges. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.6.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediatek:software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.07.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:19.07.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.02.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openwrt:openwrt:21.02.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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