MediaTek MT7993 WLAN AP Driver heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MediaTek MT6890, MT7615, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981, MT7986, MT7990, MT7992 and MT7993. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WLAN AP Driver. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-20452. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. There is no available exploit. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MediaTek MT6890, MT7615, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981, MT7986, MT7990, MT7992 and MT7993. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component WLAN AP Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In wlan AP driver, there is a possible memory corruption due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: WCNCR00480138; Issue ID: MSV-6295.

The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-20452 since 11/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to approached within the local network. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch MSV-6295 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Patch: MSV-6295

Timelineinfo

11/03/2025 CVE reserved
06/01/2026 +209 days Advisory disclosed
06/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MSV-6295
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-20452 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20452
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-367598

Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2026 07:56
Changes: 06/01/2026 07:56 (56)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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