CVE-2020-9247
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 7, 2020 at 12:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
26 products affected across 1 vendorP30 FirmwareMate 20 FirmwareP30 Pro Firmware
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in several Huawei products. The system does not sufficiently validate certain configuration parameter which is passed from user that would cause buffer overflow. The attacker should trick the user into installing and running a malicious application with a high privilege, successful exploit may cause code execution. Affected product include Huawei HONOR 20 PRO, Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, P30, P30 Pro, Hima-L29C, Laya-AL00EP, Princeton-AL10B, Tony-AL00B, Yale-L61A, Yale-TL00B and YaleP-AL10B.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.1.0.273(c185e5r2p4)v < 10.1.0.273(c636e5r2p4)v < 10.1.0.275(c10e4r2p4)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.273(c185e5r2p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.273(c636e5r2p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.275(c10e4r2p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-hima-l29c (same device)
v < 10.1.0.230(c432e9r5p1)v < 10.1.0.231(c10e3r3p2)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.230(c432e9r5p1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.231(c10e3r3p2), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-honor-20-pro (same device)
v < 10.1.0.160(c786e160r3p8)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.160(c786e160r3p8), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-laya-al00ep (same device)
v < 10.1.0.160(c00e160r3p8)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.160(c00e160r3p8), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-mate-20 (same device)
v < 10.1.0.270(c432e7r1p5)v < 10.1.0.270(c635e3r1p5)v < 10.1.0.273(c185e7r2p4)v < 10.1.0.273(c636e7r2p4)v < 10.1.0.277(c10e7r2p4)v < 10.1.0.277(c605e7r1p5)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.270(c432e7r1p5), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.270(c635e3r1p5), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.273(c185e7r2p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.273(c636e7r2p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.277(c10e7r2p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.277(c605e7r1p5), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-mate-20-pro (same device)
v < 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p8)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p8), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-mate-20-x (same device)
v < 10.1.0.123(c432e22r2p5)v < 10.1.0.126(c10e7r5p1)v < 10.1.0.126(c185e4r7p1)v < 10.1.0.126(c605e19r1p3)v < 10.1.0.126(c636e5r3p4)v < 10.1.0.126(c636e7r3p4)9.1.0.272(c635e4r2p2)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.123(c432e22r2p5), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.126(c10e7r5p1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.126(c185e4r7p1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.126(c605e19r1p3), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.126(c636e5r3p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.126(c636e7r3p4), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-p30 (same device)
v < 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p8)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p8), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-p30-pro (same device)
v < 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p11)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p11), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-princeton-al10b (same device)
v < 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p11)
Affected range stops below 10.1.0.160(c00e160r2p11), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-tony-al00b (same device)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200729-03-smartphone-enCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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