What is CVE-2019-5280?

CVE-2019-5280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Cloudlink Phone 7900, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-5280?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Cloudlink Phone 7900

CVE-2019-5280

The SIP TLS module of Huawei CloudLink Phone 7900 with V600R019C10 has a TLS certificate verification vulnerability. Due to insufficient verification of specific parameters of the TLS server certificate, attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks, leading to the affected phones registered abnormally, affecting the availability of IP phones.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei Cloudlink Phone 7900 — versions V600R019C10
Huawei Cloudlink_phone_7900
Huawei Cloudlink_phone_7900_firmware — versions v600r019c10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5280?: CVE-2019-5280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Cloudlink Phone 7900, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-5280?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.