Security Advisory - Use After Free Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone
- SA No:huawei-sa-20210127-03-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Jan 27, 2021
- Last Release Date: Jan 27, 2021
There is a use after free vulnerability in smartphone. A module may refer to some memory after it has been freed while dealing with some messages. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specific message to the affected module. This may lead to module crash, compromising normal service. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-04160)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-22304.
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-20210127-03-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Taurus-AL00A |
10.0.0.1(C00E1R1P1) |
11.0.0.155(C00E150R7P11) |
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specific message to the affected module. This may lead to module crash, compromising normal service.
Base Score: 5.3 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Temporal Score: 4.9 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
Attackers send malicious message to affected module.
Vulnerability details:
A module may refer to some memory after it has been freed while dealing with some messages. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specific message to the affected module. This may lead to module crash, compromising normal service.
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 360. Huawei would like to thank 360 for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
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