Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2019-20538

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Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2019-20538

Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34681
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20538
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) software. There is a heap overflow in the knox_kap driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14857 (November 2019).


How to mitigate CVE-2019-20538

Install update from vendor's website.

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