Indian Govt Issues Major Security Warning Over MediaTek Chipsets: Millions Of Smartphone And TV Users At Risk
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The new security alert from the Indian government has been issued after MediaTek has raised its own bulletin for the users.
The Indian government has raised a new security warning which concerns a range of MediaTek chipsets that power phones, TVs, audio gear and more. The alert has been notified by the manufacturer via a detailed post earlier this month.
And now the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is following up with those concerns and warning the people in the country. The latest security issue affects devices running on varied MediaTek processors that can be exploited to attack the users.
The CERT-In note dated June 11, 2025 comes with high-severity rating says, '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."
When you read further about the security issue, the bulletin clearly talks about the risks linked to the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modems/drivers running through the MediaTek chipset on various devices. Hackers can use these issues to target both businesses and individuals who use devices powered by any of the latest MediaTek chipset. You can get more details on this over here.
MediaTek has thankfully discovered the issues causing the concerns and an update has been passed on to the handset makers who should be offering it via a new update in the next few weeks. You are most likely going to be asked to install the latest security patch from different brands that should keep your devices secure from a whole range of attacks.
The MediaTek security alert has come a few days after Qualcomm-powered Android smartphones faced similar security risks that were notified by the government.
The bulletin talks about multiple vulnerabilities reported in a host of Qualcomm chipsets that power phones, GPUs, Wi-Fi modem and more. The company also shared the details of the Snapdragon chipsets and modems affected by the vulnerabilities to inform the users.
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June 12, 2025, 08:10 IST
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