What is CVE-2020-10847?

CVE-2020-10847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-10847?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Google Android

CVE-2020-10847

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Galaxy S8 and Note8) software. Facial recognition can be spoofed. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16614 (February 2020).

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 9.0
Samsung Galaxy_note8
Samsung Galaxy_s8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10847?: CVE-2020-10847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-10847?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.