Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Several Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200729-03-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Jul 29, 2020
- Last Release Date: Sep 23, 2020
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in several products. The system does not sufficiently validate certain configuration parameter which is passed from user that would cause buffer overflow. The attacker should trick the user into installing and running a malicious application with a high privilege, successful exploit may cause code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-03113)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9247.
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-20200729-03-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HONOR 20 PRO |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.230(C432E9R5P1) |
10.1.0.230(C432E9R5P1) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.231(C10E3R3P2) |
10.1.0.231(C10E3R3P2) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.270(C432E7R1P5) |
10.1.0.270(C432E7R1P5) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.270(C635E3R1P5) |
10.1.0.270(C635E3R1P5) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.273(C185E7R2P4) |
10.1.0.273(C185E7R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.273(C636E7R2P4) |
10.1.0.273(C636E7R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.277(C10E7R2P4) |
10.1.0.277(C10E7R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.277(C605E7R1P5) |
10.1.0.277(C605E7R1P5) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 X |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) |
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HUAWEI P30 |
9.1.0.272(C635E4R2P2) |
10.1.0.126(C636E7R3P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.123(C432E22R2P5) |
10.1.0.123(C432E22R2P5) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C10E7R5P1) |
10.1.0.126(C10E7R5P1) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C185E4R7P1) |
10.1.0.126(C185E4R7P1) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C605E19R1P3) |
10.1.0.126(C605E19R1P3) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C636E5R3P4) |
10.1.0.126(C636E5R3P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.126(C636E7R3P4) |
10.1.0.126(C636E7R3P4) |
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HUAWEI P30 Pro |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) |
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Hima-L29C |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.273(C185E5R2P4) |
10.1.0.273(C185E5R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.273(C636E5R2P4) |
10.1.0.273(C636E5R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.275(C10E4R2P4) |
10.1.0.275(C10E4R2P4) |
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Laya-AL00EP |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C786E160R3P8) |
10.1.0.160(C786E160R3P8) |
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Princeton-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
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Tony-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
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Yale-L61A |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.225(C432E3R1P2) |
10.1.0.225(C432E3R1P2) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.226(C10E3R1P1) |
10.1.0.226(C10E3R1P1) |
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Yale-TL00B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R8P12) |
10.1.0.160(C01E160R8P12) |
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YaleP-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R8P12) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R8P12) |
Successful exploit may cause code execution.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 6.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 6.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker should trick the user into installing and running a malicious application with a high privilege.
Vulnerability details:
The system does not sufficiently validate certain configuration parameter which is passed from user that would cause buffer overflow. The attacker should trick the user into installing and running a malicious application with a high privilege, successful exploit may cause 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 by an external security researcher. Huawei would like to thank this researcher for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2020-09-23 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-08-19 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-07-29 V1.0 INITIAL
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