What is CVE-2020-10836?

CVE-2020-10836 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-10836?

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

Is CVE-2020-10836 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Android

CVE-2020-10836

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. The Widevine Trustlet allows read and write operations on arbitrary memory locations. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15873 (February 2020).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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: 0.004 (36.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 36.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.0, 8.1, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

he1m4n6a/cve-db

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10836?: CVE-2020-10836 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-10836?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10836 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.