Security Advisory - Memory Double Free Vulnerability in Image Processing Module of Some Huawei Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20190128-01-ivp
- Initial Release Date: Jan 28, 2019
- Last Release Date: Jan 28, 2019
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-5305.
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-20190128-01-ivp-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Mate 10 |
The versions before ALP-L29 9.0.0.159(C185) |
ALP-L29 9.0.0.159(C185) |
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows attackers to crash the system.
Base Score: 4.7 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 4.4 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
Overall Score: 4.4
The attacker has successfully tricked a user into installing the malicious application.
Vulnerability details:
The image processing module of some Huawei smart phones has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can call special API, which could triggers double free and causes a system crash.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
2019-01-28 V1.0 INITIAL
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