CVE-2020-8899

Memory corruption in Quram library when decoding qmg can lead to RCE

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2020 at 04:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsAndroidAndroid

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

There is a buffer overwrite vulnerability in the Quram qmg library of Samsung's Android OS versions O(8.x), P(9.0) and Q(10.0). An unauthenticated, unauthorized attacker sending a specially crafted MMS to a vulnerable phone can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in the Quram image codec leading to an arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) without any user interaction. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16747.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002
x_refsource_MISCx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-787

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