#VU25435 Out-of-bounds read in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1873 

 

#VU25435 Out-of-bounds read in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1873

Published: February 19, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25435
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1873
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Huawei NIP6800
Huawei Secospace USG6600
USG9500
Software vendor:
Huawei

Description

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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