CVE-2020-0004 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause a system UI crash in Android by providing an image exceeding the maximum texture size, resulting in 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-2020-0004?
CVE-2020-0004 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In generateCrop of WallpaperManagerService.java, there is a possible sysui crash due to image exceeding maximum texture size. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9 Android-10Android ID: A-120847476
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0004?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2020-0004?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0004 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-2020-0004 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0004 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p7g2-xw88-gxg3.