CVE-2020-35548 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service on Samsung mobile devices by triggering a call to a non-existent provider in Finder.

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-2020-35548?

CVE-2020-35548 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Dec 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 in Finder on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) software. A call to a non-existent provider allows attackers to cause a denial of service. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-18629 (December 2020).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35548?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-35548 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-2020-35548 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4r6g-jg94-h27c.

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