Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the Bluetooth Module of Some Huawei Mobile Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20201014-01-bluetooth
- Initial Release Date: 2020-10-14
- Last Release Date: 2020-10-14
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Bluetooth module of some Huawei mobile phones. Due to insufficient input validation, an unauthenticated attacker may craft Bluetooth messages after successful paring, causing buffer overflow. Successful exploit may cause code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-10115)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9113.
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-20201014-01-bluetooth-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8) |
10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8) |
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: 8.0 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 7.4 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker could connect to the affected products by Bluetooth.
Vulnerability details:
Due to insufficient input validation, an unauthenticated attacker may craft Bluetooth messages after successful paring, causing buffer overflow. 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 to Huawei PSIRT by 360 Alpha Lab. Huawei would like to thank them for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
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