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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-10854
CVE-2020-10854:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with O(8.x), P(9.0), and Q(10.0) software where kernel stack addresses are leaked to userspace. This vulnerability was identified with Samsung ID SVE-2019-16161 and was disclosed in January 2020 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 HIGH with a vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requires no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high confidentiality impact (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of kernel stack addresses to userspace applications, which could potentially be used by attackers to bypass system security protections and gather information about the kernel's memory layout (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Samsung has addressed this vulnerability through their Security Maintenance Release (SMR) process. Users should update their devices to the latest available security patch level to mitigate this issue (Samsung Mobile Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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