Out-of-bounds read in Google Android - CVE-2019-20541
Published: March 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34684
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-2019-20541
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
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) (Exynos chipsets) software. The Wi-Fi kernel drivers have a stack overflow. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2019-14965, SVE-2019-14966, SVE-2019-14968, SVE-2019-14969, SVE-2019-14970, SVE-2019-14980, SVE-2019-14981, SVE-2019-14982, SVE-2019-14983, SVE-2019-14984, SVE-2019-15122, SVE-2019-15123 (November 2019).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20541
Install update from vendor's website.