Security Advisory - Heap Overflow Vulnerability in the HIFI Driver of Huawei Smart Phone

Some Huawei smart phones have a heap overflow security vulnerability in the HIFI driver. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application and use the application to read and modify memory, which can reboot the system or cause permission escalation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2015-09028)

This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8088.

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: <http://www.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-460347.htm&gt;