Type Confusion in Google Android - CVE-2019-20588
Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34666
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-2019-20588
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 SEM Trustlet, leading to arbitrary code execution. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14891 (August 2019).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20588
Install update from vendor's website.