CVE-2025-20707 Use after free in MT2718, MT6853, MT6877, MT6893, MT6899, MT6991, MT8196, MT8676, MT8678, MT8775, MT8786, MT8788E, MT8791T, MT8792, MT8796, MT8883, MT8893

What is CVE-2025-20707?

CVE-2025-20707 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 1 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In geniezone, 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: ALPS09924201; Issue ID: MSV-3820.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20707?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2025-20707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Android

• CVE-2026-58704 Google Pixel Improper Authorization Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48543 Android Runtime Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jwfg-ch33-r67h.