Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1877
Published: February 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25441
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1877
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Huawei
Affected software:
Huawei NIP6800
Huawei Secospace USG6600
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800
Huawei Secospace USG6600
USG9500
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1877
Install updates from vendor's website.