CVE-2020-9104 Denial of service in HUAWEI P30

Medium 4.3 Published 21 Aug 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a device reset on HUAWEI P30 smartphones by exploiting a memory leak and improper resource management in a specific feature.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-9104?

CVE-2020-9104 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in HUAWEI P30, 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 smartphones with Versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C431E22R2P5),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E22R2P5),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C10E7R5P1),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C185E4R7P1),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C461E7R3P1),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C605E19R1P3),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C636E7R3P4),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.128(C635E3R2P4),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P11) have a denial of service vulnerability. In specific scenario, due to the improper resource management and memory leak of some feature, the attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the device reset.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9104?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei P30 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9104?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9104 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-2020-9104 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-44qr-887v-jw27.