CVE-2019-20779 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can crash TrustZone trusted applications on LG Android devices via crafted input, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-20779?

CVE-2019-20779 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 17 Apr 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 LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 software. A TrustZone trusted application can crash via crafted input. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-190003 (May 2019).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20779?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2019-20779?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20779 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-2019-20779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4g9q-qhpj-x27q.

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