Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2020-12751

 

Buffer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2020-12751

Published: May 11, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34403
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12751
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.X), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. The Quram image codec library allows attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via crafted JPEG data that is mishandled during decoding. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16943 (May 2020).


Affected software

Google Android

How to mitigate CVE-2020-12751

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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