Denial of serrvice in HUAWEI P30

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU49208

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9203

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local application to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing broadcast messages. A local application can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Huawei P30: before 10.1.0.179(C605E23R1P3)

External links

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20201230-01-resourcemanagement-en

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.