CVE-2020-6616

Published May 8, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Some Broadcom chips mishandle Bluetooth random-number generation because a low-entropy Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) is used in situations where a Hardware Random Number Generator (HRNG) should have been used to prevent spoofing. This affects, for example, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, and Note8 devices with the BCM4361 chipset. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16882 (May 2020).

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-27764 Some Broadcom chips mishandle Bluetooth random-number generation because a low-entropy Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) is used in situations where a Hardware Random Number Generator (HRNG) should have been used to prevent spoofing. This affects, for example, Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, and Note8 devices with the BCM4361 chipset. The Samsung ID is SVE-2020-16882 (May 2020).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:11 AM
Reserved
Jan 8, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 8, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:23 AM