{"id":"CVE-2026-20525","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-20525","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:27:50.170Z","title":"In Modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper input validation.","description":"In Modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of service, if a UE has connected to a rogue base station controlled by the attacker, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01870473 / MOLY00814393; Issue ID: MSV-9041.","published":"2026-10-05T02:16:51.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T15:23:06.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@mediatek.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-617"],"affected":["mediatek/mt2716 firmware","mediatek/mt6835 firmware","mediatek/mt6858 firmware","mediatek/mt6878 firmware","mediatek/mt6881 firmware","mediatek/mt6897 firmware","mediatek/mt6899 firmware","mediatek/mt6982 firmware","mediatek/mt6986 firmware","mediatek/mt6988 firmware","mediatek/mt6991 firmware","mediatek/mt6993 firmware","mediatek/mt8668 firmware","mediatek/mt8676 firmware","mediatek/mt8678 firmware","mediatek/mt8755 firmware","mediatek/mt8775 firmware","mediatek/mt8792 firmware","mediatek/mt8793 firmware","mediatek/mt8863 firmware","mediatek/mt8873 firmware","mediatek/mt8883 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10531,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-05","score":0.00204,"percentile":0.0935}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-05T12:15:08.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"5.3","severity":"MEDIUM","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 5.3 MEDIUM."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-05T02:16:51.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-05T02:16:51.163Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/October-2026","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mediatek.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20525","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."}