CVE-2020-9074
Description
Huawei Smartphones HONOR 20 PRO;Honor View 20;HONOR 20 have an improper handling of exceptional condition Vulnerability. A component cannot deal with an exception correctly. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed message. This could compromise normal service of affected phones.
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Improper exception handling in Huawei HONOR 20 PRO, Honor View 20, and HONOR 20 allows denial of service via a malformed message.
Vulnerability
An improper handling of exceptional condition vulnerability exists in a component of Huawei HONOR 20 PRO, Honor View 20, and HONOR 20 smartphones. The component fails to correctly process an exception when it occurs. Affected versions are those earlier than 10.0.0.194(C432E9R5P1), 10.0.0.194(C636E3R3P1), 10.0.0.194(C00E62R8P12), and similar regional builds [1].
Exploitation
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed message to the affected device. No authentication or special privileges are required; the attacker only needs the ability to deliver the crafted message to the target phone [1].
Impact
Successful exploitation compromises the normal service of the affected phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS). The device may become unresponsive or crash, disrupting its intended functionality [1].
Mitigation
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. Users should upgrade their devices to the resolved versions: 10.0.0.194(C432E9R5P1), 10.0.0.194(C636E3R3P1), 10.0.0.194(C00E62R8P12), or later builds as applicable. No workarounds are provided [1].
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Affected products
4- Huawei/Smartphonesdescription
Patches
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References
1- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200603-01-smartphone-enmitrex_refsource_MISC
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