CVE-2026-20501
In vdec, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11262030; Issue ID: MSV-9197.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.4
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.13%
- CWE
- CWE-122
- Published
- 2026-09-07
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
Affected products
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
- 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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