What is CVE-2019-20541?

CVE-2019-20541 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-2019-20541?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2019-20541

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. The Wi-Fi kernel drivers have a stack overflow. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2019-14965, SVE-2019-14966, SVE-2019-14968, SVE-2019-14969, SVE-2019-14970, SVE-2019-14980, SVE-2019-14981, SVE-2019-14982, SVE-2019-14983, SVE-2019-14984, SVE-2019-15122, SVE-2019-15123 (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-2019-20541?: CVE-2019-20541 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-2019-20541?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.