Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU25441

Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1877

Published: February 19, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU25441

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1877

CWE-ID: CWE-824

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software system access an invalid pointer when administrator log in to the device and performs some operations. A local administrator can cause certain process reboot.

Affected software

Huawei Secospace USG6600
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800

How to mitigate CVE-2020-1877

Install updates from vendor's website.

Huawei Secospace USG6600 - update to V500R005C20SPC300
USG9500 - update to V500R005C20SPC300
Huawei NIP6800 - update to V500R005C20SPC300

External References

https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200219-05-invalidpointer-en

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