CVE-2025-20668 Memory corruption in MT6878, MT6897, MT6899, MT6989, MT6991, MT8775, MT8796

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A missing bounds check in scp allows local privilege escalation from System to higher privileges on MediaTek SoCs.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-20668?

CVE-2025-20668 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 5 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In scp, there is a possible out of bounds write 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: ALPS09625562; Issue ID: MSV-3027.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20668?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20668?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20668 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-2025-20668 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4px5-72vp-47g3.

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