What is CVE-2020-25056?

CVE-2020-25056 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-25056?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2020-25056

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL improperly checks versions, bootloading by the S.LSI NFC chipset is mishandled. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16169 (August 2020).

Published 2020-08-31 · 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:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 10.0
Samsung Galaxy S20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25056?: CVE-2020-25056 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-25056?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.