What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-5257?

CVE-2019-5257 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Ap2000 Firmware CVE-2019-5257

MEDIUM

Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)

2019-12-13 psirt@huawei.com

Huawei Buffer Overflow Ap2000 Firmware Ips Firmware Ngfw Firmware Nip6300 Firmware Nip6600 Firmware Nip6800 Firmware S5700 Firmware Svn5600 Firmware Svn5800 Firmware Svn5800 C Firmware Semg9811 Firmware Secospace Antiddos8000 Firmware Secospace Usg6300 Firmware Secospace Usg6500 Firmware Secospace Usg6600 Firmware Usg6000V Firmware Espace U1981 Firmware

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 13, 2019 - 23:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

Certain Huawei products (AP2000;IPS Module;NGFW Module;NIP6300;NIP6600;NIP6800;S5700;SVN5600;SVN5800;SVN5800-C;SeMG9811;Secospace) have a resource management vulnerability. An attacker who logs in to the board may send crafted messages from the internal network.

AnalysisAI

Certain Huawei products (AP2000;IPS Module;NGFW Module;NIP6300;NIP6600;NIP6800;S5700;SVN5600;SVN5800;SVN5800-C;SeMG9811;Secospace) have a resource management vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Certain Huawei products (AP2000;IPS Module;NGFW Module;NIP6300;NIP6600;NIP6800;S5700;SVN5600;SVN5800;SVN5800-C;SeMG9811;Secospace) have a resource management vulnerability. An attacker who logs in to the board may send crafted messages from the internal network. Affected products include: Huawei Ap2000 Firmware, Huawei Ips Firmware, Huawei Ngfw Firmware, Huawei Nip6300 Firmware, Huawei Nip6600 Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.