A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in MediaTek MT6813 . This affects an unknown part of the component sec boot . The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-20446 . An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
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VDB-355710 · CVE-2026-20446 · MSV-3899
MEDIATEK MT6813 SEC BOOT OUT-OF-BOUNDS WRITE
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CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score
7.5 $0-$5k 1.95+
Summaryinfo
A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in MediaTek MT6813. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component sec boot. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-20446. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MediaTek MT6813 (unknown version). Affected is an unknown code block of the component sec boot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
In sec boot, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to local denial of service, if an attacker has physical access to the device, with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09963054; Issue ID: MSV-3899.
The advisory is available at corp.mediatek.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-20446 since 11/03/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
Applying the patch ALPS09963054 is able to eliminate this problem.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-19569).
Productinfo
Type
Chip Software
Vendor
MediaTek
Name
MT6813
License
commercial
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CVSSv3info
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo
Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo
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Countermeasuresinfo
Recommended: Patch
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Patch: ALPS09963054
Timelineinfo
11/03/2025 CVE reserved
04/07/2026 +154 days Advisory disclosed
04/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Advisory: MSV-3899
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-20446 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20446
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355710
EUVD: 🔒
Entryinfo
Created: 04/07/2026 07:23
Updated: 04/07/2026 08:30
Changes: 04/07/2026 07:23 (56), 04/07/2026 08:30 (1)
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Cache ID: 99:C81:101
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