CVE-2020-1848 Denial of service in Jackman-AL00D
Local attackers can cause system applications to run abnormally by constructing malicious application files on Huawei Jackman devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-1848?
CVE-2020-1848 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Jackman-AL00D, published on 29 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a resource management error vulnerability in Jackman-AL00D versions 8.2.0.185(C00R2P1). Local attackers construct malicious application files, causing system applications to run abnormally.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1848?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Jackman-Al00d Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1848?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1848 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-2020-1848 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1848 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5c2c-2562-gwp9.