CVE-2026-20440
In MAE, 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: ALPS10431968; Issue ID: MSV-5824.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 6.7
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.08%
- CWE
- CWE-1285
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- Last modified
- 2026-03-30
Affected products
- MediaTek, Inc. MT2718, MT6899, MT6991, MT8678, MT8793
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
Weakness type
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