Use-after-free in Google Android - CVE-2019-20568
Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34650
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20568
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 O(8.x) and P(9.0) devices (Exynos and Qualcomm chipsets) software. A race condition causes a Use-After-Free. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15067 (September 2019).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20568
Install update from vendor's website.