What is CVE-2020-15582?

CVE-2020-15582 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-15582?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2020-15582

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) and Q(10.0) (Exynos 7885 chipsets) software. The Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) component has a buffer overflow with a resultant deadlock or crash. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16870 (July 2020).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-07-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 9.0, 10.0
Samsung Exynos 7885

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15582?: CVE-2020-15582 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-15582?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.