CVE-2020-11873 — An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 9, and 10 software. A stack-based buffer overflow in the logging tool could allow an attacker to gain privileges. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-200005 (April 2020).

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 9, and 10 software. A stack-based buffer overflow in the logging tool could allow an attacker to gain privileges. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-200005 (April 2020).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-04-17T13:23:54.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:42:00.717Z

09References

• lgsecurity.lge.com — https://lgsecurity.lge.com/