Integer overflow in Google Android - CVE-2019-20561

 

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

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.

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