CVE-2020-8899
CRITICALSamsung Android OS O(8.x)-Q(10.0 - Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157620/Samsung-Android-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.1522
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
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-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (4)
google/android
8.0
google/android
8.1
google/android
9.0
google/android
10.0
Published
May 06, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026