CVE-2019-5301 Information disclosure in Honor V20
Attackers can obtain layer information by tricking users into installing a malicious app on Huawei Honor V20 devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5301?
CVE-2019-5301 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor V20, published on 8 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Huawei smart phones Honor V20 with the versions before 9.0.1.161(C00E161R2P2) have an information leak vulnerability. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application. Due to coding error during layer information processing, attackers can exploit this vulnerability to obtain some layer information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5301?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Honor V20 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5301?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5301 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5301 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Honor V20
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r9hm-vxhq-w3m4.