What is CVE-2019-20579?

CVE-2019-20579 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 2.4/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-20579?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Google Android

CVE-2019-20579

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) software. Gallery allows attackers to enable Location information sharing from the lock screen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14462 (August 2019).

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.4 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20579?: CVE-2019-20579 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 2.4/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-20579?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.4 out of 10.