CVE-2020-9144 Memory corruption in EMUI
Heap overflow in Huawei smartphone OS allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via improper memory buffer handling.
- 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-2020-9144?
CVE-2020-9144 is a critical memory corruption 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 heap overflow vulnerability in some Huawei smartphone, attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause heap overflows due to improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9144?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9144?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9144 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-2020-9144 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9144 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mv62-rwhc-m5xf.