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CVE-2019-20778

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 software. The Backup subsystem does not properly restrict operations or validate their input. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-190004 (June 2019).

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

References

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