What is CVE-2020-10840?

CVE-2020-10840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-10840?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2020-10840

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) and Q(10.0) (Exynos 9610 chipsets) software. There is a kernel pointer leak in the vipx driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16293 (February 2020).

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:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 2.4% 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 9.0, 10.0
Samsung Exynos 9610

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10840?: CVE-2020-10840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-10840?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.