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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-10851
CVE-2020-10851:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) and Q(10.0) software, involving a stack overflow vulnerability in the kperfmon driver. The vulnerability was identified with Samsung ID SVE-2019-15876 and was disclosed in January 2020 (Samsung Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system, as indicated by the CVSS scoring. A successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Samsung addressed this vulnerability through their security update process in January 2020. Users of affected devices should ensure they have applied all available security updates (Samsung Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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