What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-1875?

CVE-2020-1875 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%.

Usg9500 Firmware CVE-2020-1875

MEDIUM

Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)

2020-02-28 psirt@huawei.com

Information Disclosure Memory Corruption Huawei Usg9500 Firmware Secospace Usg6600 Firmware Nip6800 Firmware

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-824 ASVS 5.0 V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Uninitialized pointer prevention MITRE ATT&CK 1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

NIP6800;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 products versions of V500R001C30; V500R001C60SPC500; V500R005C00SPC100 have an invalid pointer access vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-824. NIP6800;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 products versions of V500R001C30; V500R001C60SPC500; V500R005C00SPC100 have an invalid pointer access vulnerability. The software system access an invalid pointer when an abnormal condition occurs in certain operation. Successful exploit could cause certain process reboot. Affected product versions include:NIP6800 versions V500R001C30,V500R001C60SPC500;Secospace USG6600 versions V500R001C30SPC200,V500R001C30SPC600,V500R001C60SPC500;USG9500 versions V500R001C30SPC200,V500R001C30SPC600,V500R001C60SPC500. Affected products include: Huawei Nip6800 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware, Huawei Usg9500 Firmware.

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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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

DescriptionNVD

NIP6800;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 products versions of V500R001C30; V500R001C60SPC500; V500R005C00SPC100 have an invalid pointer access vulnerability. The software system access an invalid pointer when an abnormal condition occurs in certain operation. Successful exploit could cause certain process reboot. Affected product versions include:NIP6800 versions V500R001C30,V500R001C60SPC500;Secospace USG6600 versions V500R001C30SPC200,V500R001C30SPC600,V500R001C60SPC500;USG9500 versions V500R001C30SPC200,V500R001C30SPC600,V500R001C60SPC500.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.2%

Top 90% exploitable

Data Quality

2 sources

Confidence: Low

NVD

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EPSS

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.2%

Patch available No

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Defer

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Small

Automatable· derived

Human Impact· derived

Medium

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: 0

CVSS: +28

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Memory Corruption HIGH

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

Information Disclosure MEDIUM

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6800_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nip6800_firmware:v500r001c60spc500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c30spc200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c30spc600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c60spc500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r001c30spc200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r001c30spc600:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r001c60spc500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Advisories & patches

ADVISORY https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200219-01-wildpointer-en

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