CVE-2020-0206 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can crash the Android Settings app via improper input validation, causing a denial of service without user interaction.
- 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-2020-0206?
CVE-2020-0206 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 the settings app, there is a possible app crash due to improper input validation. This could lead to local denial of service of the Settings app with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-136005061
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0206?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2020-0206?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0206 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-2020-0206 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0206 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fjq6-4j42-pwfg.