CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-0221

Incorrect Calculation

Published: May 14, 2020 | Modified: Jul 21, 2021
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Airbrush FWs scratch memory allocator is susceptible to numeric overflow. When the overflow occurs, the next allocation could potentially return a pointer within the previous allocations memory, which could lead to improper memory access.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-135772851

Weakness

The product performs a calculation that generates incorrect or unintended results that are later used in security-critical decisions or resource management.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use languages, libraries, or frameworks that make it easier to handle numbers without unexpected consequences.
  • Examples include safe integer handling packages such as SafeInt (C++) or IntegerLib (C or C++).
  • Use languages, libraries, or frameworks that make it easier to handle numbers without unexpected consequences.
  • Examples include safe integer handling packages such as SafeInt (C++) or IntegerLib (C or C++).

References