PT-2020-11771
CVE-2020-0421
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Published
2020-10-01
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Updated
2021-07-21
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Android versions 8.0 through 11
Description
The issue is related to incorrect error handling in the
appendFormatV function of String8.cpp, which could lead to a possible out of bounds write. This might result in local escalation of privilege without requiring additional execution privileges. User interaction is not necessary for exploitation.Recommendations
For Android versions 8.0 through 11, update to a version that includes the fix for the out of bounds write issue in
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