What is CVE-2020-12747?

CVE-2020-12747 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-12747?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2020-12747

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Exynos980 9630 and Exynos990 9830 chipsets) software. The Bootloader has a heap-based buffer overflow because of the mishandling of specific commands. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2020-16981, SVE-2020-16991 (May 2020).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (36.1th 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 10.0
Samsung Exynos980\(9630\)
Samsung Exynos990\(9830\)
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12747?: CVE-2020-12747 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-12747?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.