PT-2020-16620 · Google · Android

Published 2020-12-15 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-27044

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 Android versions Android-11

Description The issue is related to a possible memory corruption due to a use after free in the restartWrite function of Parcel.cpp. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android version Android-11, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent local escalation of privilege.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-27044

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2020-12-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27044 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27044 · Vendor Advisory