PT-2020-16615 · Google · Android

Published 2020-12-15 · Updated 2020-12-15 · CVE-2020-27038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Android-11

Description The issue is related to a possible resource exhaustion due to a memory leak in the C2SoftVorbisDec.cpp process. This could lead to a remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android version Android-11, update to a version that includes the fix for the memory leak issue in C2SoftVorbisDec.cpp to prevent remote denial of service.

Fix

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-27038

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2020-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27038 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/20852 · Telegram Post