What is CVE-2020-25053?

CVE-2020-25053 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-25053?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2020-25053

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (exynos9830 chipsets) software. RKP allows arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-17435 (August 2020).

Published 2020-08-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 10.0
Samsung Exynos 9830

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25053?: CVE-2020-25053 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-25053?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.