CVE-2020-9124

There is a memory leak vulnerability in some versions of Huawei CloudEngine product. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending specific message to the affected product. Due to not release the allocated memory properly, successful exploit may cause memory leak.

Published: 2020-12-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-9124 is rated Moderate Risk (50/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.92%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-9124

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 0.31% 0.92% +0.60%
2 2025-03-30 0.81% 0.31% -0.50%
3 2025-03-29 0.81%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-9124

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-9124

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-9124

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
huawei cloudengine_12800_firmware v200r002c50spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r002c50spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_12800_firmware v200r003c00spc810 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r003c00spc810:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_12800_firmware v200r005c00spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r005c00spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_12800_firmware v200r005c10spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v200r005c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_5800_firmware v200r002c50spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r002c50spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_5800_firmware v200r003c00spc810 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r003c00spc810:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_5800_firmware v200r005c00spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r005c00spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_5800_firmware v200r005c10spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v200r005c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_6800_firmware v200r002c50spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r002c50spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_6800_firmware v200r003c00spc810 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r003c00spc810:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_6800_firmware v200r005c00spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r005c00spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_6800_firmware v200r005c10spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v200r005c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_7800_firmware v200r002c50spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v200r002c50spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_7800_firmware v200r003c00spc810 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v200r003c00spc810:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_7800_firmware v200r005c00spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v200r005c00spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei cloudengine_7800_firmware v200r005c10spc800 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v200r005c10spc800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-9124

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