CVE-2020-9125 Memory corruption in HUAWEI Mate 30

Medium 6.7 Published 29 Dec 2020 Updated 4 Aug 2024

An attacker with specific permissions can cause abnormal device behavior via crafted packets due to an out-of-bounds read in Huawei Mate 30 smartphones.

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

What is CVE-2020-9125?

CVE-2020-9125 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in HUAWEI Mate 30, published on 29 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is an out-of-bound read vulnerability in huawei smartphone Mate 30 versions earlier than 10.1.0.156 (C00E155R7P2). An attacker with specific permission can exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packet with specific parameter to the target device. Due to insufficient validation of the parameter, successful exploit can cause the device to behave abnormally.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9125?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Mate 30 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9125?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9125 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-2020-9125 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v6vx-mcc3-f8vr.