Security Advisory - Two Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi Driver of Huawei Smart Phone

Wi-Fi driver of some Huawei products have two buffer overflow vulnerabilities due to the lack of a parameters check. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can send given parameter to Wi-Fi driver to crash the system or escalate user privilege. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-03020 and HWPSIRT-2016-03021)

The vulnerability HWPSIRT-2016-03020 has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-3680, the vulnerability HWPSIRT-2016-03021 has been assigned CVE ID: CVE-2016-3681.

Huawei has released software updates to fix these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160520-02-smartphone-en