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
High
MetricsAV: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 String8.cpp.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ASB-A-161894517
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