Type Confusion in Google Android - CVE-2019-20583
Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34661
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-2019-20583
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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) (with TEEGRIS) software. There is type confusion in the EXT_FR Trustlet, leading to arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14847 (August 2019).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20583
Install update from vendor's website.