What is CVE-2025-20790?

CVE-2025-20790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediatek Mt2735, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-02.

How severe is CVE-2025-20790?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Mediatek Mt2735

CVE-2025-20790

In Modem, there is a possible system crash 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: MOLY01677581; Issue ID: MSV-4701.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

security@mediatek.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20790?: CVE-2025-20790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediatek Mt2735, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-20790?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.