CVE-2020-9247

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in several Huawei products. The system does not sufficiently validate certain configuration parameter which is passed from user that would cause buffer overflow. The attacker should trick the user into installing and running a malicious application with a high privilege, successful exploit may cause code execution. Affected product include Huawei HONOR 20 PRO, Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, P30, P30 Pro, Hima-L29C, Laya-AL00EP, Princeton-AL10B, Tony-AL00B, Yale-L61A, Yale-TL00B and YaleP-AL10B.

Published: 2020-12-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-9247 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 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-2020-9247

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 2025-03-30 0.53% 0.35% -0.18%
2 2025-03-29 0.35% 0.53% +0.18%
3 2025-03-17 0.35%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-9247

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-9247

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-9247

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
huawei honor_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.230\(c432e9r5p1\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r3p8\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.270\(c432e7r1p5\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_x_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r2p8\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_firmware 9.1.0.272\(c635e4r2p2\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:9.1.0.272\(c635e4r2p2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r2p8\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei hima-l29c_firmware < 10.1.0.273\(c185e5r2p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:hima-l29c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei laya-al00ep_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c786e160r3p8\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:laya-al00ep_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei princeton-al10b_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r2p11\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:princeton-al10b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei tony-al00b_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r2p11\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:tony-al00b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei yale-l61a_firmware < 10.1.0.225\(c432e3r1p2\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:yale-l61a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei yale-tl00b_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c01e160r8p12\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:yale-tl00b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei yalep-al10b_firmware < 10.1.0.160\(c00e160r8p12\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:yalep-al10b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei honor_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.231\(c10e3r3p2\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.270\(c635e3r1p5\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.273\(c185e7r2p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.273\(c636e7r2p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.277\(c10e7r2p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei mate_20_pro_firmware < 10.1.0.277\(c605e7r1p5\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_20_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_firmware < 10.1.0.123\(c432e22r2p5\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_firmware < 10.1.0.126\(c10e7r5p1\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_firmware < 10.1.0.126\(c185e4r7p1\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_firmware < 10.1.0.126\(c605e19r1p3\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_firmware < 10.1.0.126\(c636e5r3p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei p30_firmware < 10.1.0.126\(c636e7r3p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei hima-l29c_firmware < 10.1.0.273\(c636e5r2p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:hima-l29c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei hima-l29c_firmware < 10.1.0.275\(c10e4r2p4\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:hima-l29c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
huawei yale-l61a_firmware < 10.1.0.226\(c10e3r1p1\) cpe:2.3:o:huawei:yale-l61a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-9247

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