What is CVE-2020-10849?

CVE-2020-10849 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-10849?

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

Is CVE-2020-10849 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2020-10849

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) (Exynos7885, Exynos8895, and Exynos9810 chipsets) software. The Gatekeeper trustlet allows a brute-force attack on the screen lock password. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14575 (January 2020).

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 (32.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.0% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Public proof-of-concept exploits

he1m4n6a/cve-db

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10849?: CVE-2020-10849 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-10849?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10849 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.