CVE-2020-11875 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, and 10.0 (MTK chipsets) software. The MTK kernel does not properly implement exception handling, allowing an attacker to gain privileges. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-200001 (February 2020).

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, and 10.0 (MTK chipsets) software. The MTK kernel does not properly implement exception handling, allowing an attacker to gain privileges. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-200001 (February 2020).

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 4 years ago

2020-04-17 14:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-04-24 14:37:00

Affected Software

Google Android 8.0

8.0

Google Android 8.1

8.1

Google Android 9.0

9.0

Google Android 10.0

10.0

References

https://lgsecurity.lge.com/

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