CVE-2020-9074 Denial of service in HONOR 20
Attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei Honor smartphones by sending malformed messages that trigger improper exception handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9074?
CVE-2020-9074 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in HONOR 20, published on 5 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei Smartphones HONOR 20 PRO;Honor View 20;HONOR 20 have an improper handling of exceptional condition Vulnerability. A component cannot deal with an exception correctly. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed message. This could compromise normal service of affected phones.
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9074?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Honor 20 Firmware, Huawei Honor 20 Pro Firmware, Huawei Honor View 20 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9074?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9074 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-2020-9074 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9074 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HONOR 20
- CVE-2020-1808 Information disclosure in Honor 20;HONOR 20 PRO;Honor Magic2;HUAWEI Mate 20 X;HUAWEI P30;HUAWEI P30 Pro;Honor View 20
- CVE-2020-9244 Auth bypass in HUAWEI Mate 20;HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro;HUAWEI Mate 20 X;HUAWEI P30;HUAWEI P30 Pro;HUAWEI Mate 20 RS;HonorMagic2;Honor20;Honor20 PRO;HonorMagic2;HonorV20
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cj2v-hvhw-frjw.