What is CVE-2019-20581?

CVE-2019-20581 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-20581?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2019-20581

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. A stack overflow in the HDCP Trustlet causes arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14665 (August 2019).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (48.8th 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 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20581?: CVE-2019-20581 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-20581?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.