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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-10840
CVE-2020-10840:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) and Q(10.0) (Exynos 9610 chipsets) software. There is a kernel pointer leak in the vipx driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16293 (February 2020) (NVD, Samsung Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) with vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow local attackers with low privileges to obtain sensitive kernel pointer information and potentially cause high availability impact through memory leaks (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Samsung has addressed this vulnerability in their February 2020 security update. Users should update their affected devices to the latest available security patch level (Samsung Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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