{"id":"CVE-2025-20705","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-20705","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:49:04.488Z","title":"In monitor_hang, there is a possible memory corruption due to use after free.","description":"In monitor_hang, there is a possible memory corruption due to use after free. 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: ALPS09989078; Issue ID: MSV-3964.","published":"2025-09-01T06:15:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:41:53.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@mediatek.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linuxfoundation/yocto","google/android","openwrt/openwrt"],"epss":{"score":0.00094,"percentile":0.0059,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/September-2025","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mediatek.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20705","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}