What is CVE-2019-20571?

CVE-2019-20571 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-20571?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2019-20571

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) (with TEEGRIS) software. There is type confusion in the WVDRM Trustlet, leading to arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14885 (September 2019).

EPSS: 0.007 (47.5th 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

Google Android — versions 8.0, 8.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20571?: CVE-2019-20571 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-20571?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.