What is CVE-2019-20538?

CVE-2019-20538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-20538?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2019-20538

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) software. There is a heap overflow in the knox_kap driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14857 (November 2019).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (3.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20538?: CVE-2019-20538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-20538?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.