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CVE-2025-20757VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-20757: MediaTek MT2735, MT6833, MT6833P, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6855, MT6855T, MT6873, MT6875, MT6875T, MT6877, MT6877T, MT6877TT, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6890, MT6891, MT6893, MT8675, MT8771, MT8791, MT8791T, MT8797 · Reachable Assertion

Affects MediaTek MT2735, MT6833, MT6833P, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6855, MT6855T, MT6873, MT6875, MT6875T, MT6877, MT6877T, MT6877TT, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6889, MT6890, MT6891, MT6893, MT8675, MT8771, MT8791, MT8791T, MT8797Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 16% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Dec 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-20757, organizations should prioritize applying the official patches released by MediaTek (Patch ID: MOLY01673751) as soon as they become available. Device manufacturers and mobile operators should coordinate firmware updates for affected devices to ensure broad coverage. Network-level defenses should be enhanced to detect and block rogue base stations, including deploying radio frequency monitoring tools and anomaly detection systems that can identify unauthorized base stations. Enterprises should implement strict network access controls and consider using SIM-based authentication enhancements to prevent devices from connecting to untrusted base stations. For critical infrastructure, deploying redundant communication paths and failover mechanisms can reduce the impact of potential DoS events. Additionally, educating users and administrators about the risks of connecting to unknown networks and maintaining up-to-date device firmware is essential. Continuous monitoring for unusual network behavior and incident response plans tailored to mobile network disruptions will further strengthen resilience.

Description

In Modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of service, if a UE has connected to a rogue base station controlled by the attacker, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01673751; Issue ID: MSV-4644.

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