Input validation error in Huawei products - CVE-2019-5230

 

Input validation error in Huawei products - CVE-2019-5230

Published: November 15, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22804
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5230
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not perform a properly validation of certain input models. A local attacker can trick a victim to install a malicious application, then craft a malformed model to get and tamper certain output data information.


Affected software

Huawei P20
Huawei P20 Pro
Huawei Mate RS

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5230

Install updates from vendor's website.

Huawei P20 - update to 9.1.0.321
Huawei P20 Pro - update to 9.1.0.321
Huawei Mate RS - update to 9.1.0.321

External References

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