CVE-2019-20779 Denial of service in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4g9q-qhpj-x27q.