Critical severity · published May 6, 2020
CVE-2020-8899
There is a buffer overwrite vulnerability in the Quram qmg library of Samsung's Android OS versions O(8.x), P(9.0) and Q(10.0)
9.8
CVSS
6.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a buffer overwrite vulnerability in the Quram qmg library of Samsung's Android OS versions O(8.x), P(9.0) and Q(10.0). An unauthenticated, unauthorized attacker sending a specially crafted MMS to a vulnerable phone can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in the Quram image codec leading to an arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) without any user interaction. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16747.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.1% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
8.0; 8.1; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8899
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8899
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157620/Samsung-Android-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002
Vendor Advisory
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027
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