What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-9255?

CVE-2020-9255 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Honor 10 Firmware CVE-2020-9255

MEDIUM

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

2020-07-17 psirt@huawei.com

Denial Of Service Huawei Honor 10 Firmware

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jul 17, 2020 - 23:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

Huawei Honor 10 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) have a denial of service vulnerability. Certain service in the system does not sufficiently validate certain parameter which is received, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause a denial of service condition.

AnalysisAI

Huawei Honor 10 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) have a denial of service vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. Huawei Honor 10 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) have a denial of service vulnerability. Certain service in the system does not sufficiently validate certain parameter which is received, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause a denial of service condition. Affected products include: Huawei Honor 10 Firmware.

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.