What is CVE-2020-13831?

CVE-2020-13831 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-13831?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2020-13831

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) and P(9.0) (Exynos 7570 chipsets) software. The Trustonic Kinibi component allows arbitrary memory mapping. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16665 (June 2020).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th 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
Samsung Exynos_7570
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13831?: CVE-2020-13831 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-13831?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.