CVE-2020-8899
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5.9% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.9% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-122 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-05-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| android |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157620/Samsung-Android-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157620/Samsung-Android-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027
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