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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2019-20556
CVE-2019-20556:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) software running on specific chipsets (SM6150, SM8150, SM8150_FUSION, exynos7885, exynos9610, and exynos9820). The vulnerability, identified as SVE-2019-15221 in October 2019, involves RKP memory corruption that allows attackers to control the effective address in EL2 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) according to the Common Weakness Enumeration system (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability's critical CVSS score of 9.8 indicates severe potential impacts, allowing attackers to achieve high levels of confidentiality breach, integrity compromise, and availability disruption of the affected systems (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Samsung has addressed this vulnerability through their security maintenance release process. Users of affected devices should ensure their devices are updated with the latest security patches (Samsung Mobile).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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