CVE-2020-8899
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-122
- EPSS score
- 5.9% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2020-29739)
- Published
- May 6, 2020
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-29739 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
- google / android
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Google Pixel Phones on Android 10 - Google LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11019-2020 - archived
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157620/Samsung-Android-Remote-Code-Execution.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2002(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/366027(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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