5.5

CVE-2020-0404: google android Improper Privilege Management

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-0404DEBIAN-CVE-2020-0404
Published 17-09-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-0404 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in google android. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 16
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1586-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1655-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1RHSA-2022:1975RHSA-2022:1988SUSE-SU-2020:2879-1

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In uvc_scan_chain_forward of uvc_driver.c, there is a possible linked list corruption due to an unusual root cause. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the kernel with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-111893654References: Upstream kernel

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu36 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-177.207 | < 4.15.0-96.97
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1065.69 | < 4.4.0-1105.116 | < 4.15.0-1065.69
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-fips< 4.15.0-2018.18 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Oracle3 products
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.4.19-1
Google1 product

4 vendors · 41 products

References

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