What is CVE-2019-20583?

CVE-2019-20583 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-2019-20583?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2019-20583

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) and P(9.0) (with TEEGRIS) software. There is type confusion in the EXT_FR Trustlet, leading to arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14847 (August 2019).

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.0, 8.1, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20583?: CVE-2019-20583 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-2019-20583?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.