Buffer overflow in Huawei products - CVE-2019-5225
Published: December 5, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23414
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5225
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. A local user can trick a victim to install a malicious application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
P30
Huawei Mate 20
P30 Pro
Huawei Mate 20
P30 Pro
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5225
Install updates from vendor's website.
P30 - update to 9.1.0.193
Huawei Mate 20 - update to 9.1.0.135
P30 Pro - update to 9.1.0.193
Huawei Mate 20 - update to 9.1.0.135
P30 Pro - update to 9.1.0.193