What is CVE-2020-9123?

CVE-2020-9123 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei P30 Pro, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-9123?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Huawei P30 Pro

CVE-2020-9123

HUAWEI P30 Pro versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) and versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P8) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker induces users to install malicious applications and sends specially constructed packets to affected devices after obtaining the root permission. Successful exploit may cause code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei P30_pro
Huawei P30_pro_firmware
N/a Huawei P30 Pro — versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8),Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P8)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9123?: CVE-2020-9123 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei P30 Pro, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-9123?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.