CVE-2019-20538

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with P(9.0) software. There is a heap overflow in the knox_kap driver. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14857 (November 2019).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 24, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2019-20538: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix