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CVE-2026-20442In display, there is a possible system crash due to use after free. This could lead to local denial of service if a malicious actor has…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.08%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 100% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In display, there is a possible system crash due to use after free. This could lead to local denial of service if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS10436998; Issue ID: MSV-5723.
Timeline
ID reserved
By MediaTek
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.08% · top 100% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
MediaTek, Inc. · MediaTek chipset
- affected MT6739
- affected MT6761
- affected MT6765
- affected MT6768
- affected MT6781
- affected MT6789
- affected MT6833
- affected MT6835
- affected MT6853
- affected MT6855
- affected MT6877
- affected MT6878
- affected MT6879
- affected MT6883
- affected MT6885
- affected MT6886
- affected MT6889
- affected MT6893
- affected MT6895
- affected MT6897
- affected MT6899
- affected MT6983
- affected MT6985
- affected MT6989
- affected MT6991
- affected MT6993
- affected MT8186
- affected MT8188
- affected MT8196
- affected MT8667
- affected MT8673
- affected MT8676
- affected MT8678
- affected MT8765
- affected MT8766
- affected MT8768
- affected MT8771
- affected MT8781
- affected MT8791T
- affected MT8792
- and 6 more
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-9167 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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