CVE-2019-5252
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in Huawei smartphones (Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro). The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in a rare condition. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application locked by applock in an instant.
Timeline
ID reserved
By huawei
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
Y9, Honor 8X, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i, Y6 Pro
- affected Versions earlier than 9.1.0.131(C432E6R1P5T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.139(C636E6R1P5T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.217(C00E15R3P2T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.237(C432E1R3P2T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.237(C636E2R4P1T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.124(C00E112R2P10T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.136(C636E5R1P5T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.115(C00E113R1P6T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.122(C636E4R1P4T8),Versions earlier than 9.1.0.248(C636E5R3P1)
References
1
- https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191204-01-smartphone-en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-14857 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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