Security Advisory - Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20201125-01-outofboundread
- Initial Release Date: Nov 25, 2020
- Last Release Date: Nov 25, 2020
There is an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability in smartphone products. An attacker with specific permissions crafts malformed packet with specific parameter and sends the packet to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of packet, which may be exploited to cause the information leakage or arbitrary code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05134)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9117.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20201125-01-outofboundread-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI nova 4 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.165(C01E34R2P4) |
10.0.0.165(C01E34R2P4) |
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SydneyM-AL00 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.165(C00E66R1P5) |
10.0.0.165(C00E66R1P5) |
By exploiting this vulnerability, the attacker can cause the information leakage or arbitrary code execution.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 7.4 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 6.9 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker gains access to device.
Vulnerability details:
An attacker with specific permissions crafts malformed packet with specific parameter and sends the packet to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of packet, which may be exploited to cause the information leakage or arbitrary code execution.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
This vulnerability was reported to Huawei PSIRT by Pangu lab. Huawei would like to thank Pangu lab for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2020-11-25 V1.0 INITIAL
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