CVE-2020-25056
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL...
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL improperly checks versions, bootloading by the S.LSI NFC chipset is mishandled. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16169 (August 2020).
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL improperly checks versions, bootloading by the S.LSI NFC chipset is mishandled. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16169 (August 2020).
- Record
CVE-2020-25056- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL improperly checks versions, bootloading by the S.LSI NFC chipset is mishandled. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16169 (August 2020).
- Record
CVE-2020-25056- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17749 No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL improperly checks versions, bootloading by the S.LSI NFC chipset is mishandled. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16169 (August 2020).
- Record
EUVD-2020-17749- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fcm9-jxfc-x8c3 No score
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL...
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) (Galaxy S20) software. Because HAL improperly checks versions, bootloading by the S.LSI NFC chipset is mishandled. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16169 (August 2020).
- Record
GHSA-fcm9-jxfc-x8c3- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-25056 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Google Android, published August 31, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.