What is CVE-2020-10850?

CVE-2020-10850 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-10850?

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

Is CVE-2020-10850 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2020-10850

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. The secure bootloade has a buffer overflow of the USB buffer, leading to arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15872 (January 2020).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (55.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.0, 8.1, 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

he1m4n6a/cve-db

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10850?: CVE-2020-10850 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-10850?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10850 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.