MediaTek MT6890/MT7915/MT7916/MT7981/MT7986 WLAN AP Driver heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaTek MT6890, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981 and MT7986 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component WLAN AP Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-20685. The attack can only be done within the local network. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MediaTek MT6890, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981 and MT7986 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component WLAN AP Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In wlan AP driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00416226; Issue ID: MSV-3409.

The advisory is shared for download at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-20685 since 11/01/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch MSV-3409 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Patch: MSV-3409

Timelineinfo

11/01/2024 CVE reserved
07/08/2025 +248 days Advisory disclosed
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-3409
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20685 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20685
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315256

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2025 07:26
Changes: 07/08/2025 07:26 (56)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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