What is CVE-2020-12858?

CVE-2020-12858 is a high-severity vulnerability in Health Covidsafe, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-12858?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Health Covidsafe

CVE-2020-12858

Non-reinitialisation of random data in the advertising payload in COVIDSafe v1.0.15 and v1.0.16 allows a remote attacker to re-identify Android devices running COVIDSafe by scanning for their advertising beacons.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Health Covidsafe
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12858?: CVE-2020-12858 is a high-severity vulnerability in Health Covidsafe, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-12858?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.