CVE-2020-1785 Denial of service in Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Honor 10;Nova 4
Attackers can cause smartphone reboots by tricking users into installing malicious apps due to improper module status checks.
- 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-2020-1785?
CVE-2020-1785 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Honor 10;Nova 4, published on 3 Jan 2020. 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
Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Honor 10;Nova 4 smartphones have a denial of service vulnerability. The system does not properly check the status of certain module during certain operations, an attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause reboot of the smartphone.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1785?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Huawei Honor 10 Firmware, Huawei Honor V10 Firmware, Huawei Mate 10 Pro Firmware, Huawei Nova 4 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1785?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-1785 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1785 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Honor 10;Nova 4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-88vp-h6f8-j263.