CVE-2020-9227 Null dereference in Moana-AL00B
An attacker can cause device exceptions by tricking a user into running a crafted application on vulnerable Huawei smartphones.
- 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-2020-9227?
CVE-2020-9227 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Moana-AL00B, published on 17 Jul 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 Smart Phones Moana-AL00B with versions earlier than 10.1.0.166 have a missing initialization of resource vulnerability. An attacker tricks the user into installing then running a crafted application. Due to improper initialization of specific parameters, successful exploit of this vulnerability may cause device exceptions.
Weakness: CWE-909
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9227?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Moana-Al00b Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9227?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-9227 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9227 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p7p7-mm6x-7q2p.