CVE record · CVE-2026-20501

Heap-based buffer overflow in MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset

CVSS 8.4 HighEPSS 0.0018 · 8th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: MediaTek) at 7 Sept 2026, 01:57 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
MediaTek, Inc.	MediaTek chipset	affected MT2718 affected MT6580 affected MT6739 affected MT6761 affected MT6765 affected MT6768 affected MT6769 affected MT6779 affected MT6781 affected MT6785 affected MT6789 affected MT6833 and 41 more Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-20501
CNA: MediaTek
Weakness (CWE): CWE-122
Tags: MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset
Memory corruption
Published: 7 Sept 2026
Updated: 8 Sept 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.4	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0018, the 8th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 7 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/September-2026

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