CVE-2025-20701 (GCVE-0-2025-20701)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-04 06:20 – Updated: 2025-08-05 03:56
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Summary
In the Airoha Bluetooth audio SDK, there is a possible way to pair Bluetooth audio device without user consent. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Airoha Technology Corp. AB156x, AB157x, AB158x, AB159x series Affected: Airoha IoT SDK for BT audio v5.5.0 and earlier
Affected: Airoha AB1561x/AB1562x/AB1563x SDK v3.3.1 and earlier
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