What is CVE-2019-5211?

CVE-2019-5211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P20. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2019-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2019-5211?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei P20

CVE-2019-5211

The Huawei Share function of P20 phones with versions earlier than Emily-L29C 9.1.0.311 has an improper file management vulnerability. The attacker tricks the victim to perform certain operations on the mobile phone during file transfer. Because the file is not properly processed, successfully exploit may cause some files on the victim's mobile phone are deleted.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Huawei P20
Huawei P20_firmware
N/a P20 — versions Versions earlier than Emily-L29C 9.1.0.311(C10E2R1P13T8), Versions earlier than Emily-L29C 9.1.0.311(C461E2R1P11T8),Versions earlier than Emily-L29C 9.1.0.311(C605E2R1P12T8), Versions earlier than Emily-L29C 9.1.0.311(C432E7R1P11T8)

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5211?: CVE-2019-5211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P20. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2019-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-5211?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.