CVE-2020-0404 Privilege escalation in Android

What is CVE-2020-0404?

CVE-2020-0404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 17 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In uvc_scan_chain_forward of uvc_driver.c, there is a possible linked list corruption due to an unusual root cause. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the kernel with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-111893654References: Upstream kernel

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0404?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Google Android, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy.

How do I fix CVE-2020-0404?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-0404 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0404 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2025-48543 Android Runtime Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as A-111893654, ASB-A-111893654, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-0404, GHSA-mrvf-vwcf-3ghc, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-0404.