CVE-2020-11875

HIGH

LG Android 8.0-10.0 (MTK) - Privilege Escalation via Improper Exception Handling

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, and 10.0 (MTK chipsets) software. The MTK kernel does not properly implement exception handling, allowing an attacker to gain privileges. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-200001 (February 2020).

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://lgsecurity.lge.com/

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/755.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0018

EPSS Percentile 7.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-755

Status published

Products (4)

google/android 8.0

google/android 8.1

google/android 9.0

google/android 10.0

Published Apr 17, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026