Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2020-25278

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Android - CVE-2020-25278

Published: September 12, 2020 / Updated: September 22, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46936
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-25278
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Google Android
Software vendor:
Google

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), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. The Quram image codec library allows attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via crafted JPEG data that is mishandled during decoding. The Samsung IDs are SVE-2020-18088, SVE-2020-18225, SVE-2020-18301 (September 2020).


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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