CVE-2019-5228

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Certain detection module of P30, P30 Pro, Honor V20 smartphone whith Versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), Versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12), Versions earlier than Princeton-AL10B 9.1.0.233(C00E233R4P3) have a race condition vulnerability. The system does not lock certain function properly, when the function is called by multiple processes could cause out of bound write. An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.

Affected products

Huawei Honor V20: before princeton-al10b_9.1.0.233\(c00e233r4p3\) — fixed in princeton-al10b_9.1.0.233\(c00e233r4p3\)
HUAWEI P30: before elle-al00b_9.1.0.193\(c00e190r1p21\) — fixed in elle-al00b_9.1.0.193\(c00e190r1p21\)
HUAWEI P30 Pro: before vogue-al00a_9.1.0.193\(c00e190r1p12\) — fixed in vogue-al00a_9.1.0.193\(c00e190r1p12\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Honor V20 princeton-al10b_9.1.0.233\(c00e233r4p3\); HUAWEI P30 elle-al00b_9.1.0.193\(c00e190r1p21\); HUAWEI P30 Pro vogue-al00a_9.1.0.193\(c00e190r1p12\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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