MediaTek MT7902/MT7921/MT7922/MT7925/MT7927 WLAN STA driver null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in MediaTek MT7902, MT7921, MT7922, MT7925 and MT7927. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WLAN STA driver. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-20676. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT7902, MT7921, MT7922, MT7925 and MT7927. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component WLAN STA driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In wlan STA driver, there is a possible system crash due to an uncaught exception. This could lead to local denial of service with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00412240; Issue ID: MSV-3293.

The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-20676 since 11/01/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch MSV-3293 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: MSV-3293

Timelineinfo

11/01/2024 🔍
06/02/2025 +212 days 🔍
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06/03/2025 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-3293
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20676 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20676
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310794

Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2025 08:21
Updated: 06/03/2025 06:18
Changes: 06/02/2025 08:21 (56), 06/03/2025 06:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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