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CVE-2026-20533

medium

In display, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to an integer overflow.

Vendor / product: Mediatek — mt6739 firmware

In display, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to an integer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11296678; Issue ID: MSV-9167.

CVSS
6.7
6.7 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-05 02:16
Modified: 2026-10-09 14:37
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:57 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 / mt6739_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6761_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6765_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6768_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6781_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6789_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6833_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6835_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6853_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6855_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6858_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6877_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6878_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6879_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6883_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6885_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6886_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6889_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6893_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6895_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6897_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6899_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6983_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6985_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6989_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6991_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt6993_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8171_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8188_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8668_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8676_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8678_firmware all versions
mediatek / mt8793_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/October-2026

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:57 UTC · record ↗

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