What is CVE-2020-35552?

CVE-2020-35552 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-35552?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2020-35552

An issue was discovered in the GPS daemon on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) (non-Qualcomm chipsets) software. Attackers can obtain sensitive location information because the configuration file is incorrect. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-18678 (December 2020).

Published 2020-12-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.2% 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 8.0, 8.1, 9.0

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35552?: CVE-2020-35552 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-35552?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.