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CVE-2020-0041

7.8, high Known exploited

Android Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

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CVSS
7.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
3% higher than 87.7% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
10 Mar 20206 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Nov 2021. US federal agencies had to remediate by 3 May 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

In binder_transaction of binder.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. 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-145988638References: Upstream kernel

Details

Vendor
Android
Product
Android
Weakness
CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
security@android.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 2

Advisories 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.