Security Advisory - Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Graphics Driver of Huawei Smart Phone
- SA No:huawei-sa-20160203-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Feb 03, 2016
- Last Release Date: Feb 03, 2016
Graphics drivers of some Huawei smart phones have a integer overflow issue due to the lack of a parameters check, which lead to a further heap overflow vulnerability. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application and application can exploit the vulnerability to crash the system or escalate user privilege. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2015-12014)
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1495.
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-20160203-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Mate S[1] |
CRR-TL00C01B153SP01 and earlier version |
CRR-TL00C01B160SP01 |
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CRR-UL00C00B153 and earlier version |
CRR-UL00C00B160 |
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CRR-CL00C92B153 and earlier version |
CRR-CL00C92B161 |
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv2 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/).
Base Score: 6.2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Temporal Score: 5.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)1. Prerequisite:
The attacker successfully tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone.
2. Attacking procedure:
Graphics drivers of some Huawei smart phones have a integer overflow issue due to the lack of a parameters check, which lead to a further heap overflow vulnerability. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application and application can exploit the vulnerability to crash the system or escalate user privilege.
1. The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
2. Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities/index.htm
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