CVE-2020-0050 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2020-0050?

CVE-2020-0050 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In nfa_hciu_send_msg of nfa_hci_utils.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the NFC server with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-124521372

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0050?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2020-0050?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0050 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-0050 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0050 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x3gg-47w4-9h82.