Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smart Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20180705-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Jul 05, 2018
- Last Release Date: Jul 05, 2018
Some Huawei mobile phone versions have a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability because they do not adapt to specific screen gestures. An attacker may trick users into installing a malicious app. As a result, apps running on the frontend crash after the users make specific screen gestures. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-04126)
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2018-7934.
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-20180705-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Mate 10 Pro |
The versions before BLA-L29 8.0.0.145(C432) |
BLA-L29 8.0.0.145(C432) |
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows attackers to crash the apps running on the frontend.
Base Score: 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 5.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker successfully tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone.
Vulnerability details:
Some Huawei mobile phone versions have a DoS vulnerability because they do not adapt to specific screen gestures. An attacker may trick users into installing a malicious app. As a result, apps running on the frontend crash after the users make specific screen gestures.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
2018-07-05 V1.0 INITIAL
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