CVE-2019-20578
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A...
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A Buffer overflow occurs when loading the UH Partition during Secure Boot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14412 (August 2019).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A Buffer overflow occurs when loading the UH Partition during Secure Boot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14412 (August 2019).
- Record
CVE-2019-20578- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A Buffer overflow occurs when loading the UH Partition during Secure Boot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14412 (August 2019).
- Record
CVE-2019-20578- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-11118 No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A Buffer overflow occurs when loading the UH Partition during Secure Boot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14412 (August 2019).
- Record
EUVD-2019-11118- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jmm8-587f-qf3m No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A...
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) (Exynos 9820 chipsets) software. A Buffer overflow occurs when loading the UH Partition during Secure Boot. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14412 (August 2019).
- Record
GHSA-jmm8-587f-qf3m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-20578 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Google Android, published March 24, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.