CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2020-9123 — Huawei P30 Pro Firmware security vulnerability
HUAWEI P30 Pro versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) and versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P8) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker induces users to install malicious applications and sends specially constructed packets to affected devices after obtaining the root permission. Successful exploit may cause code execution.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2020-10-12
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Affected products
- huawei / p30_pro_firmware
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Matched remediation archetype
Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption
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Check exposure
- Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
- Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
- Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.
Remediate safely
- Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
- Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
- Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.
Authoritative sources
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