CVE-2020-0155 Memory corruption in Android

What is CVE-2020-0155?

CVE-2020-0155 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In phNxpNciHal_send_ese_hal_cmd of phNxpNciHal_ext.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-139736386

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0155?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2020-0155?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0155 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-2020-0155 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0155 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f64r-gph6-qfcw.