What is CVE-2020-10838?

CVE-2020-10838 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-10838?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Android

CVE-2020-10838

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) and Q(10.0) software. PROCA allows a use-after-free and arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16132 (February 2020).

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (3.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10838?: CVE-2020-10838 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-10838?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.