CVE-2020-9253 Memory corruption in Lion-AL00C

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

A stack overflow in Huawei smartphones allows attackers to cause denial of service by sending crafted packets.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-9253?

CVE-2020-9253 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Lion-AL00C, published on 27 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

There is a stack overflow vulnerability in some Huawei smart phone. An attacker can craft specific packet to exploit this vulnerability. Due to insufficient verification, this could be exploited to tamper with the information to affect the availability. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-11030)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9253.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9253?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Lion-Al00c Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9253?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9253 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-2020-9253 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9253 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q674-gg53-r46c.

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