Integer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2019-20561
Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34645
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20561
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. The bootloader has an integer signedness error. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15230 (October 2019).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20561
Install update from vendor's website.