CVE-2025-20765 Race condition in MT2718, MT2737, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6789, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6877, MT6878, MT6879, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6890, MT6893, MT6895, MT6897, MT6899, MT6980D, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT6991, MT8113, MT8115, MT8139, MT8163, MT8168, MT8169, MT8183, MT8186, MT8188, MT8512, MT8516, MT8518, MT8519, MT8532, MT8676, MT8678, MT8695, MT8696, MT8698
A race condition in the MediaTek AEE daemon allows local attackers with system privileges to cause a system crash, resulting in denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20765?
CVE-2025-20765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 2 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In aee daemon, there is a possible system crash due to a race condition. This could lead to local denial of service if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS10190802; Issue ID: MSV-4833.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20765?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Google Android, Linuxfoundation Yocto, Openwrt Openwrt.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20765?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20765 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-20765 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20765 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vg9c-mrp6-2mh9.