Memory leak in Huawei CloudEngine 12800 - CVE-2019-5248
Published: December 4, 2019 / Updated: January 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23398
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5248
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Huawei
Affected software:
Huawei CloudEngine 12800
Huawei CloudEngine 12800
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak after the device uses the specific packet. A remote attacker on the local network can send a large number of specific packets and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5248
Install updates from vendor's website.