CVE-2020-10845 Use after free in n/a
A race condition in the MTP component of Samsung mobile devices allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10845?
CVE-2020-10845 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Android, published on 24 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software. There is a race condition leading to a use-after-free in MTP. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16520 (February 2020).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10845?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10845?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10845 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2020-10845 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10845 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-chrj-rf5f-gmqf.