CVE-2020-9107 Memory corruption in HUAWEI P30 Pro

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An unauthenticated attacker can cause a process reboot on Huawei P30 Pro devices by sending a malformed message that triggers an out-of-bounds read and write.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-9107?

CVE-2020-9107 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in HUAWEI P30 Pro, published on 12 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

HUAWEI P30 Pro versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) have an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker crafts malformed message with specific parameter and sends the message to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of message, which may be exploited to cause the process reboot.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9107?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei P30 Pro Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9107?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9107 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-2020-9107 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9107 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4h8h-j2r6-pvqj.

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