What is CVE-2019-20600?

CVE-2019-20600 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-20600?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Android

CVE-2019-20600

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.0) and P(9.0) (Exynos8890 chipsets) software. A use-after-free occurs in the MALI GPU driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-13921-1 (May 2019).

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.6% 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 8.0, 9.0
Samsung Exynos 8890

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20600?: CVE-2019-20600 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-20600?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.