CVE-2020-8899

high-risk
Published 2020-05-06

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.

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15.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 85% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157620/Samsung-Android-Remote-Code-Executio...
Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002
Vendor Advisory https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Third Party Advisory https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157620/Samsung-Android-Remote-Code-Executio...
Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002
Vendor Advisory https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Third Party Advisory https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 10/34 · Low