CVE-2019-19273
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 4, 2020 at 03:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:26 AM UTC
5 products affected across 2 vendorsAndroidExynos 8895Galaxy S8+
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
Description
On Samsung mobile devices with O(8.0) and P(9.0) software and an Exynos 8895 chipset, RKP (aka the Samsung Hypervisor EL2 implementation) allows arbitrary memory write operations. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-16265.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
samsung-galaxy-note8 (environment) · samsung-galaxy-s8 (environment) · samsung-galaxy-s8-plus (environment)
All versions
Galaxy Note8· Samsungdevice
80%All versions
Galaxy S8+· Samsungdevice
80%All versions
Galaxy S8 Plus· Samsungdevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://census-labs.com/news/2020/10/08/samsung-hypervisor-rkp-arbitrary-zero-write/x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsbCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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