CVE-2020-9142

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 13, 2021 at 09:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEMUIMagic UI

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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

There is a heap base buffer overflow vulnerability in some Huawei smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause heap overflow and memory overwriting when the system incorrectly processes the update file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2020/12/

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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