CVE-2020-9213

There is a denial of service vulnerability in some huawei products. In specific scenarios, due to the improper handling of the packets, an attacker may craft many specific packets. Successful exploit may cause some services to be abnormal. Affected products include some versions of NGFW Module, NIP6300, NIP6600, NIP6800, Secospace USG6300, Secospace USG6500, Secospace USG6600 and SG9500.

Published: 2021-03-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-9213 is rated Moderate Risk (43.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). 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-2020-9213

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 2025-03-17 0.09% 0.18% +0.09%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.09% -0.80%
3 2022-04-01 0.89%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-9213

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-2020-9213

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-9213

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
huawei ngfw_module_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ngfw_module_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6300_firmware v500r001c30 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6300_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6300_firmware v500r001c60 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6300_firmware:v500r001c60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6300_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6300_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6600_firmware v500r001c30 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6600_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6600_firmware v500r001c60 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6600_firmware:v500r001c60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6600_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6600_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6800_firmware v500r001c60 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6800_firmware:v500r001c60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei nip6800_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6800_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6300_firmware v500r001c30 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6300_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6300_firmware v500r001c60 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6300_firmware:v500r001c60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6300_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6300_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6500_firmware v500r001c30 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6500_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6500_firmware v500r001c60 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6500_firmware:v500r001c60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6500_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6500_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6600_firmware v500r001c30 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6600_firmware v500r001c60 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei secospace_usg6600_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei usg9500_firmware v500r001c30 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei usg9500_firmware v500r001c60 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r001c60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei usg9500_firmware v500r005c00 cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-9213

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