CVE-2025-20638 (GCVE-0-2025-20638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-03 03:23 – Updated: 2025-02-03 15:58
VLAI?
Summary
In DA, there is a possible read of uninitialized heap data due to uninitialized data. This could lead to local information disclosure, if an attacker has physical access to the device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09291449; Issue ID: MSV-2066.
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MediaTek, Inc. MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6833, MT6853, MT6873, MT6877, MT6885, MT6893, MT8167, MT8167S, MT8175, MT8185, MT8195, MT8321, MT8362A, MT8365, MT8385, MT8395, MT8666, MT8667, MT8673, MT8675, MT8678, MT8765, MT8766, MT8768, MT8771, MT8775, MT8781, MT8786, MT8788, MT8789, MT8791T, MT8795T, MT8797, MT8798, MT8893 Affected: Android 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0
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