India’s cybersecurity agency, CERT-In, has released a high-level alert concerning numerous devices that use MediaTek processors. The notice, tagged CIVN-2025-0119, points to serious security flaws that might allow hackers to escalate user privileges or interfere with system operations.
The warning applies to a broad range of gadgets, including mobile phones, laptops, smart televisions, tablets, Wi-Fi routers, and various connected home appliances.
CERT-In advisory:
The CERT-In advisory, dated June 11, 2025, carries a high-severity classification. “Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the MediaTek products due to heap overflow & null pointer dereference in Bluetooth, null pointer dereference & incorrect authorisation in wlan and uncontrolled recursion in ims service.”
Cybercriminals could exploit these vulnerabilities to attack both individual users and businesses relying on devices equipped with the latest MediaTek chipsets. Further information is available at this source. https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/June-2025
MediaTek has successfully identified the root of the problem and has already shared a fix with smartphone manufacturers. Users can expect the updated patch to roll out through device updates in the coming weeks.
“The MediaTek Product Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting MediaTek Smartphone, Tablet, AIoT, Smart display, Smart platform, OTT, Computer Vision, Audio, and TV chipsets. Device OEMs have been notified of all the issues and the corresponding security patches for at least two months before publication. The severity of the identified vulnerabilities was conducted based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System version 3.1 (CVSS v3.1),” the chip maker said in a statement.
CERT-In recently issued an urgent cybersecurity alert for iPhone and iPad users:
CERT-In recently issued an urgent cybersecurity alert for iPhone and iPad users, warning of multiple critical flaws found in Apple’s mobile platforms—iOS and iPadOS. These vulnerabilities could potentially enable unauthorized access to private data or render the impacted devices unusable.
Alongside this security update, recent market figures show that smartphone shipments in India dropped to 32 million units in Q1 2025, reflecting a 5.5% decrease year-over-year. This marks the second consecutive quarter of declining sales in the country’s smartphone market.
