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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2019-20770

High
7.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 9.0 software. The HAL service has a buffer overflow that leads to arbitrary code execution. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-190013 (September 2019).

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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