# CVE-2020-9096: Memory corruption in HUAWEI P30 Pro

> 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-227x-48c5-2jpf

## 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 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9096?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2020-9096 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in HUAWEI P30 Pro

- [CVE-2020-9257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9257/): Memory corruption in HUAWEI P30 Pro (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-9123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9123/): Memory corruption in HUAWEI P30 Pro (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-9254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9254/): Business logic in HUAWEI P30 Pro (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-9107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9107/): Memory corruption in HUAWEI P30 Pro (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2020-9108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9108/): Memory corruption in HUAWEI P30 Pro (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9096 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: HUAWEI P30 Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9096/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9096/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9096
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9096
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9096

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