CVE-2019-20546 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service on Samsung mobile devices by exploiting a shared interface between Broadcom Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chipsets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-20546?
CVE-2019-20546 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 24 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), O(8.x), and P(9.0) (Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets) software. A denial-of-service attack can leverage a shared interface between Broadcom Bluetooth and Broadcom Wi-Fi. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-15350 (November 2019).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20546?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20546?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-20546 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20546 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cp3j-rcrg-4pw3.