CVE-2019-5211

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Huawei Share function of P20 phones with versions earlier than Emily-L29C 9.1.0.311 has an improper file management vulnerability. The attacker tricks the victim to perform certain operations on the mobile phone during file transfer. Because the file is not properly processed, successfully exploit may cause some files on the victim's mobile phone are deleted.

Affected products

P20: before emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c10e2r1p13t8\); before emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c461e2r1p11t8\); before emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c605e2r1p12t8\); before emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c432e7r1p11t8\) — fixed in emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c10e2r1p13t8\), emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c432e7r1p11t8\), emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c461e2r1p11t8\), emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c605e2r1p12t8\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: P20 emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c10e2r1p13t8\), emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c432e7r1p11t8\), emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c461e2r1p11t8\), emily-l29c_9.1.0.311\(c605e2r1p12t8\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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