CVE-2019-20578 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A Buffer overflow occurs when loading the UH Partition during Secure Boot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14412 (August 2019).

Published: 2020-03-24

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:samsung:exynos_9820:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-11118	An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A Buffer overflow occurs when loading the UH Partition during Secure Boot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14412 (August 2019).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Samsung Exynos 9820

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-03-24T18:48:53.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:46:09.944Z

Reserved: 2020-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-20578

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-24T19:15:20.197

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:30:43.560

Link: CVE-2019-20578

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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