CVE-2020-9211 Memory corruption in HUAWEI Mate 30

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei smartphones by exploiting an out-of-bound read and write vulnerability in a module.

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

What is CVE-2020-9211?

CVE-2020-9211 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in HUAWEI Mate 30, published on 27 Dec 2024. 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 and write vulnerability in Huawei smartphone. A module dose not verify the input sufficiently. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by modifying some configuration to cause out-of-bound read and write, causing denial of service. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05103)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9211.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9211?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Mate 30 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9211?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9211 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-2020-9211 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9211 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xx24-r484-7p82.

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