CVE-2020-9096 Memory corruption in HUAWEI P30 Pro

Medium 5.5 Published 21 Aug 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei P30 Pro devices by sending malicious messages that trigger an out-of-bounds read due to missing verification.

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-2020-9096?

CVE-2020-9096 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in HUAWEI P30 Pro, published on 21 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) have an out of bound read vulnerability. Some functions are lack of verification when they process some messages sent from other module. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by send malicious message to cause out-of-bound read. This can compromise normal service.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9096?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei P30 Pro Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9096?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9096 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-9096 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-227x-48c5-2jpf.