Security Advisory - Use After Free Vulnerability in Several Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200701-06-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: 2020-07-01
- Last Release Date: 2020-10-14
There is a use after free vulnerability in several smartphones. There is a condition exists that the system would reference memory after it has been freed, the attacker should trick the user into running a crafted application with high privilege, successful exploit could cause code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-02163)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9262.
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-20200701-06-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI Mate 30 |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
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HUAWEI P30 |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
Successful exploit could 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:N/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 running a crafted application with high privilege.
Vulnerability details:
There is a condition exists that the system would reference memory after it has been freed, the attacker should trick the user into running a crafted application with high privilege, successful exploit could 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 to Huawei PSIRT by 360. Huawei would like to thank 360 for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2020-10-14 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-07-01 V1.0 INITIAL
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