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

EPSS: 0.001 (3.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.