CVE-2020-12746

CRITICAL

Android O(8.X) P(9.0) Q(10.0) - Secure Bootloader Bypass via Heap-Based Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.X), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) (Exynos chipsets) software. Attackers can bypass the Secure Bootloader protection mechanism via a heap-based buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16712 (May 2020).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0108
EPSS Percentile 61.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
google/android 8.0
google/android 8.1
google/android 9.0
google/android 10.0
Published May 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026