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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2019-5251 json

There is a path traversal vulnerability in several Huawei smartphones.

published 2019-12-13 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-14856

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

There is a path traversal vulnerability in several Huawei smartphones. The system does not sufficiently validate certain pathnames from the application. An attacker could trick the user into installing, backing up and restoring a malicious application. Successful exploit could cause information disclosure.

Patch / fix

  • huawei honor_v10_firmware 9.1.0.333\(c00e333r2p1t8\)
  • huawei p30_firmware 9.1.0.226\(c00e220r2p1\)
  • huawei enjoy_7s_firmware 9.1.0.130\(c00e115r2p8t8\)
  • huawei mate_20_firmware 9.1.0.139\(c00e133r3p1\)
  • huawei honor_9_lite_firmware 9.1.0.130\(c00e112r2p10t8\), 9.1.0.143\(c636e5r1p5t8\)
  • huawei honor_9i_firmware 9.1.0.120\(c00e113r1p6t8\)
  • huawei m6_firmware 9.1.1.150\(c00e150r1p150\)
  • huawei p30_pro_firmware 9.1.0.226\(c00e210r2p1\)
  • huawei honor_20s_firmware 9.1.1.132\(c00e131r6p1\)

Exploit prediction

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Honor V10;P30;Mate 20;Honor 9 Lite;Honor 9i;M6;P30 Pro;Honor 20s

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.