What is CVE-2020-13836?

CVE-2020-13836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-13836?

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

Path Traversal in Google Android

CVE-2020-13836

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. HWRResProvider allows path traversal for data exposure. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16954 (June 2020).

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 8.0, 8.1, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13836?: CVE-2020-13836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-13836?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.