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Incomplete Cleanup

CVE-2020-12857

High
7.5/10

Summary

Caching of GATT characteristic values (TempID) in COVIDSafe v1.0.15 and v1.0.16 allows a remote attacker to long-term re-identify an Android device running COVIDSafe.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-459 - Incomplete Cleanup

The software does not properly "clean up" and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published