CVE-2020-0256

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-08-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege when inserting a malicious USB device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-8.1 Android-9 Android-10 Android-8.0Android ID: A-152874864

Affected products

Debian Linux: 9.0
Android: 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, 10.0

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00010.html
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2020-08-01
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00010.html
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2020-08-01

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