CVE-2020-9083

HUAWEI Mate 20 smart phones with Versions earlier than 10.1.0.163(C00E160R3P8) have a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. The attacker can enter a large amount of text on the phone. Due to insufficient verification of the parameter, successful exploitation can impact the service.

Published: 2020-09-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-9083 is rated Low Risk (13.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-9083

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.03% 0.21% +0.18%
2 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.03% -0.02%
3 2023-03-07 0.05%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-9083

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.4 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
0.9 1.4 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-9083

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-9083

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
huawei mate_20_firmware < 10.1.0.163\(c00e160r3p8\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-9083

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