CVE-2025-20661 Memory corruption in MT9972

What is CVE-2025-20661?

CVE-2025-20661 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In PlayReady TA, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. 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: DTV04436357; Issue ID: MSV-3185.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20661?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Mediatek Mt9972.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20661?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20661 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2025-20661 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20661 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xc47-677g-jg4q.