What is CVE-2019-20607?

CVE-2019-20607 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-2019-20607?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2019-20607

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) (MSM8996, MSM8998, Exynos7420, Exynos7870, Exynos8890, and Exynos8895 chipsets) software. A heap overflow in the keymaster Trustlet allows attackers to write…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (54.4th 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
Qualcomm Msm8996
Qualcomm Msm8998
Samsung Exynos_7420
Samsung Exynos_7870
Samsung Exynos_8890
Samsung Exynos_8895
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-2019-20607?: CVE-2019-20607 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-2019-20607?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.