CVE-2019-5225
P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193...
P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), versions earlier than Hima-AL00B 9.1.0.135(C00E200R2P1), versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12) have a buffer overflow vulnerability on several , the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), versions earlier than Hima-AL00B 9.1.0.135(C00E200R2P1), versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12) have a buffer overflow vulnerability on several , the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.
- Record
CVE-2019-5225- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), versions earlier than Hima-AL00B 9.1.0.135(C00E200R2P1), versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12) have a buffer overflow vulnerability on several , the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.
- Record
CVE-2019-5225- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-14830 No score
P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), versions earlier than Hima-AL00B 9.1.0.135(C00E200R2P1), versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12) have a buffer overflow vulnerability on several , the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2019-14830- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xxxq-m57r-j966
P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193...
P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), versions earlier than Hima-AL00B 9.1.0.135(C00E200R2P1), versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12) have a buffer overflow vulnerability on several , the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.
- Record
GHSA-xxxq-m57r-j966- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-5225 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Huawei Mate 20 Firmware, published November 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.83%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.