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CVE-2026-20500

medium

In Modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper input validation.

Vendor / product: Mediatek — mt2716 firmware

In Modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper input validation. This could lead to local denial of service with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01810811; Issue ID: MSV-9232.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-07 02:17
Modified: 2026-09-09 02:55
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

mediatek / mt2716_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6835_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6858_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6878_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6881_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6897_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6899_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6982vb_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6986_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6988_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6991_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6993_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8668_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8676_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8678_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8755_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8775_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8792_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8793_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8863_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8873_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8883_firmware all versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/September-2026

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗

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