Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the Boot Loaders of Huawei Mobile Phones

The boot loaders of some Huawei mobile phones have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific data to cause buffer overflow in the next system reboot, causing continuous system reboot or arbitrary code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-12093)
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2017-2729.
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-20170302-01-smartphone-en