Out-of-bounds Read in Broadcom Bcm43162

CVE-2019-20549

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) (Broadcom chipsets) software. A heap out-of-bounds access can occur during LE Packet reception in Broadcom Bluetooth. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15724 (November 2019).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-20549: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20549?
CVE-2019-20549 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Bcm43162, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-20549?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.