CVE-2020-9065 Use after free in Taurus-AL00B

Medium 5.5 Published 26 Mar 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

A local authenticated attacker can exploit a use-after-free flaw in Huawei smartphones to tamper with information and affect availability.

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-2020-9065?

CVE-2020-9065 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Taurus-AL00B, published on 26 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Huawei smart phone Taurus-AL00B with versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E201R7P2) have a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker may perform specific operations to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may tamper with the information to affect the availability.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9065?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Taurus-Al00b Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9065?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2020-9065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qh3h-hjmm-mvg3.