PT-2020-10518 · Samsung · Exynos

Published 2020-03-24 · Updated 2020-03-26 · CVE-2019-20542

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung mobile devices with N(7.1) Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x) Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0)

Description A stack overflow issue exists in the kernel driver of Samsung mobile devices equipped with Exynos chipsets.

Recommendations For Samsung mobile devices with N(7.1), update to a version that fixes the kernel driver issue. For Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), update to a version that fixes the kernel driver issue. For Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0), update to a version that fixes the kernel driver issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the kernel driver to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-20542

Affected Products

Exynos

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20542 · Security Note
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-20542 · Vendor Advisory