PT-2020-11778 · Google · Android Kernel

Published 2020-09-17 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0434

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to the use of the Catpipe library in Pixel, which can cause memory corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android kernel, apply the fix for the memory corruption issue to prevent local escalation of privilege.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-0434

Affected Products

Android Kernel

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0434 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2020-09-01 · Vendor Advisory