CVE-2020-9255: Input Validation

Published Jul 17, 2020
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Updated

Huawei Honor 10 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) have a denial of service vulnerability. Certain service in the system does not sufficiently validate certain parameter which is received, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause a denial of service condition.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Huawei Honor 10 Firmware<10.0.0.178\(c00e178r1p4\)
Huawei Honor 10

Event History

Jul 17, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:55 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:55 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-9255?

CVE-2020-9255 is a denial of service vulnerability found in Huawei Honor 10 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4).

2

How severe is CVE-2020-9255?

CVE-2020-9255 has a severity value of 5.5, which is considered medium.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2020-9255?

Huawei Honor 10 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) are affected by CVE-2020-9255.

4

How can the denial of service vulnerability be exploited?

An attacker can trick the user into installing a malicious application to exploit the denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Honor 10 smartphones.

5

Is there a fix available for CVE-2020-9255?

To mitigate CVE-2020-9255, users should update their Huawei Honor 10 smartphones to version 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) or later.

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