CVE-2020-0259

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.16% (5th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

In android_verity_ctr of dm-android-verity.c, there is a possible way to modify a dm-verity protected filesystem due to improperly used crypto. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-157941353References: N/A

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-327USLLM-inferred

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

BlackBerry BlackBerryall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:rim:blackberry:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Google Android 10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:10.0
Google Android 8.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:8.0
Google Android 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:8.1
Google Android 9.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:9.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
n/a Android≤ Android kernelenisa_euvdEU
google androidall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1995Google Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-08-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechte auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand zu verursachen oder Informationen offenzulegen.
ASB-A-1579413532020-08-01vendor · osvUS
In android_verity_ctr of dm-android-verity.c, there is a possible way to modify a dm-verity protected filesystem due to improperly used crypto. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-08-11modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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