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.

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

EPSS: 0.005 (42.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Broadcom Bcm43162
Broadcom Bcm43224
Broadcom Bcm4323
Broadcom Bcm43684
Broadcom Bcm43694
Broadcom Bcm47622
Broadcom Bcm6710
Broadcom Bcm6750
Broadcom Bcm6752
Broadcom Bcm6755

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

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.