What is CVE-2020-35553?

CVE-2020-35553 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Power Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-35553?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2020-35553

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) and R(11.0) (Qualcomm SM8250 chipsets) software. They allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unlock failure) by triggering a power-shortage incident that causes a false-positive attack detection. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-19678 (December 2020).

Published 2020-12-18 · 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:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.9% 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, 11.0
Qualcomm Sm8250

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-920 — Improper Restriction of Power Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35553?: CVE-2020-35553 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Restriction of Power Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-35553?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.