What is CVE-2019-5290?

CVE-2019-5290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei S5700. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-5290?

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

Vulnerability in Huawei S5700

CVE-2019-5290

Huawei S5700 and S6700 have a DoS security vulnerability. Attackers with certain permissions perform specific operations on affected devices. Because the pointer in the program is not processed properly, the vulnerability can be exploited to cause the device to be abnormal.

Published 2019-12-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei S5700
Huawei S5700 Firmware — versions v200r005c00spc500, v200r005c02, v200r005c03
Huawei S6700
Huawei S6700 Firmware — versions v200r005c00spc500, v200r005c01, v200r005c02
S5700;s6700 — versions V200R005C00SPC500, V200R005C02, V200R005C03

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-02-dos-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5290?: CVE-2019-5290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei S5700. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-5290?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.