CVE-2020-9139 Denial of service in EMUI;Magic UI
Improper input validation in Huawei smartphones allows attackers to cause memory access errors and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9139?
CVE-2020-9139 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 13 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a improper input validation vulnerability in some Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploit of this vulnerability can cause memory access errors and denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9139?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9139?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9139 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-2020-9139 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9139 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j4vm-fm5v-hp47.