CVE-2026-20464

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Published 2026-08-03 · Modified 2026-08-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In hevc decoder, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11104718; Issue ID: MSV-8297.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://www.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/August-2026

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.