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CVE-2020-14292

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the COVIDSafe application through 1.0.21 for Android, unsafe use of the Bluetooth transport option in the GATT connection allows attackers to trick the application into establishing a connection over Bluetooth BR/EDR transport, which reveals the public Bluetooth address of the victim's phone without authorisation, bypassing the Bluetooth address randomisation protection in the user's phone.

Affected products

• Health Covidsafe: through 1.0.21

References

• https://covidsafe.watch/issue-register/
• https://github.com/AU-COVIDSafe/mobile-android/blob/b827cf3ccef72a3d38c6fc37466a99868823540f/app/src/main/java/au/gov/health/covidsafe/streetpass/Work.kt#L35-L41
• https://github.com/alwentiu/CVE-2020-14292
• https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app
• https://covidsafe.watch/issue-register/
• https://github.com/AU-COVIDSafe/mobile-android/blob/b827cf3ccef72a3d38c6fc37466a99868823540f/app/src/main/java/au/gov/health/covidsafe/streetpass/Work.kt#L35-L41
• https://github.com/alwentiu/CVE-2020-14292
• https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app

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