Security Advisory - Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability in Several Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200226-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Feb 26, 2020
- Last Release Date: Feb 26, 2020
There is an out of bounds write vulnerability in several smartphones. The software writes data past the end of the intended buffer because of insufficient validation of certain parameter when initializing certain driver program. An attacker could trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause the device to reboot. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-04113)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1792.
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-20200226-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Honor V10 |
Versions earlier than BKL-AL20 10.0.0.156(C00E156R2P4) |
BKL-AL20 10.0.0.156(C00E156R2P4) |
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Honor V10 |
Versions earlier than BKL-L09 10.0.0.146(C432E4R1P4) |
BKL-L09 10.0.0.146(C432E4R1P4) |
Successful exploit could cause the device to reboot.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.2 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 3.9 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
An attacker could trick the user into installing a malicious application.
Vulnerability details:
The software writes data past the end of the intended buffer because of insufficient validation of certain parameter when initializing certain driver program. An attacker could trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit could cause the device to reboot.
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 an external security researcher. Huawei would like to thank the researcher for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
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