Out-of-bounds read in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1873
Published: February 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25435
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1873
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted message with specific parameter, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause the device reboot.
Affected software
Huawei Secospace USG6600
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1873
Install updates from vendor's website.
Huawei Secospace USG6600 - update to V500R005C00SPC200
USG9500 - update to V500R005C00SPC200
Huawei NIP6800 - update to V500R005C00SPC200
USG9500 - update to V500R005C00SPC200
Huawei NIP6800 - update to V500R005C00SPC200