CVE-2026-20596
In Modem, there is a possible out of bounds read due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of service, if a UE…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.19%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 91% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In Modem, there is a possible out of bounds read 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: MOLY01758225; Issue ID: MSV-8910.
Timeline
ID reserved
By MediaTek
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
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 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
MediaTek, Inc. · MediaTek chipset
- affected MT2716
- affected MT2735
- affected MT2737
- affected MT6739
- affected MT6761
- affected MT6762
- affected MT6763
- affected MT6765
- affected MT6767
- affected MT6768
- affected MT6769
- affected MT6771
- affected MT6779
- affected MT6781
- affected MT6783
- affected MT6785
- affected MT6789
- affected MT6813
- affected MT6815
- affected MT6833
- affected MT6835
- affected MT6853
- affected MT6855
- affected MT6858
- affected MT6873
- affected MT6875
- affected MT6877
- affected MT6878
- affected MT6879
- affected MT6880
- affected MT6881
- affected MT6883
- affected MT6885
- affected MT6886
- affected MT6889
- affected MT6890
- affected MT6891
- affected MT6893
- affected MT6895
- affected MT6896
- and 37 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-2026-115056 (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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