CVE-2020-12746
CRITICALAndroid O(8.X) P(9.0) Q(10.0) - Secure Bootloader Bypass via Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
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