CVE-2020-9257
HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E19R2P5patch02), versions...
HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E19R2P5patch02), versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C10E11R5P1), and versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. The software access data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer when handling certain operations of certificate, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit may cause code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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
HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E19R2P5patch02), versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C10E11R5P1), and versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. The software access data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer when handling certain operations of certificate, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit may cause code execution.
- Record
CVE-2020-9257- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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
HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E19R2P5patch02), versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C10E11R5P1), and versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. The software access data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer when handling certain operations of certificate, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit may cause code execution.
- Record
CVE-2020-9257- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30086 No score
HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E19R2P5patch02), versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C10E11R5P1), and versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. The software access data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer when handling certain operations of certificate, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit may cause code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2020-30086- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c3h3-5867-mxh8 No score
HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E19R2P5patch02), versions...
HUAWEI P30 Pro smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E19R2P5patch02), versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C10E11R5P1), and versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) have a buffer overflow vulnerability. The software access data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer when handling certain operations of certificate, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit may cause code execution.
- Record
GHSA-c3h3-5867-mxh8- 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-2020-9257 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Huawei P30 Pro, published July 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.