CVE-2019-5296 Memory corruption in Mate20
An attacker with high permissions can trigger an out-of-bounds read on Huawei Mate20 devices, causing system instability and potential memory disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5296?
CVE-2019-5296 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Mate20, published on 4 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Mate20 Huawei smartphones versions earlier than HMA-AL00C00B175 have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker with a high permission runs some specific commands on the smartphone. Due to insufficient input verification, successful exploit may cause out-of-bounds read of the memory and the system abnormal.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5296?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mate20 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5296?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5296 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-5296 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5296 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5hqc-g8vh-28gg.