CVE-2025-20704: MediaTek NR17

High severity, CVSS 8.0. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Modem, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege, if a UE has connected to a rogue base station controlled by the attacker, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Patch ID: MOLY01516959; Issue ID: MSV-3502.

Affected products

  • MediaTek NR17: affected versions not specified
  • MediaTek NR17R: affected versions not specified

Published 2025-09-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.