Denial of service in Huawei Honor V10

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU25617

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1792

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in certain parameter when initializing certain driver program. A local user can trick the user into installing a malicious application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause the device to reboot.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

Honor V10

Versions earlier than BKL-AL20 10.0.0.156(C00E156R2P4)

BKL-AL20 10.0.0.156(C00E156R2P4)

Honor V10

Versions earlier than BKL-L09 10.0.0.146(C432E4R1P4)

BKL-L09 10.0.0.146(C432E4R1P4)

Vulnerable software versions

Huawei Honor V10: before 10.0.0.156

External links

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200226-01-smartphone-en

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.