Security Advisory - DOS Vulnerability in ION Memory Management Module of Huawei Smart Phone

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the ION memory management module of some Huawei mobile phones. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious app to send specific parameters to a Huawei mobile phone. Successful exploit could cause the system to restart.(Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-09031)

This vulnerability has been assigned CVE ID: CVE-2016-8756.

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-20161026-01-smartphone-en