Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-20682

Critical

Published: 08 July 2025

Published
08 July 2025
Modified
09 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0076 73.7th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-20682 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Openwrt Openwrt. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 26.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In wlan AP driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID:…

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WCNCR00416937; Issue ID: MSV-3445.

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mediatek
software development kit
≤ 7.6.7.2
openwrt
openwrt
19.07.0, 21.02.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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