Medium severity · published Dec 13, 2019
CVE-2019-5260
Huawei smartphones HUAWEI Y9 2019 and Honor View 20 have a denial of service vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Huawei smartphones HUAWEI Y9 2019 and Honor View 20 have a denial of service vulnerability. Due to insufficient input validation of specific value when parsing the messages, an attacker may send specially crafted TD-SCDMA messages from a rogue base station to the affected devices to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit may cause an infinite loop and the device to reboot.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
V2
View 20 Firmware · Huawei
9.0.1.169(c636e1r4p1); 9.0.1.170(c185e2r3p1); 9.0.1.170(c432e1r3p1) · source: NVD
Y2
Y9 2019 Firmware · Huawei
8.2.0.160(c185r2p2); 8.2.0.162(c605); 8.2.0.163(c605) · source: NVD