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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-5211: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Huawei P20
  • Huawei P20 Firmware
  • 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

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.