CVE-2019-5225: huawei mate_20_firmware Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-5225 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in huawei mate_20_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 29-11-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), versions earlier than Hima-AL00B 9.1.0.135(C00E200R2P1), versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12) have a buffer overflow vulnerability on several , the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.