Security Advisory - Integer overflow Vulnerability in Bastet Driver of Huawei Smart Phone

The Bastet driver of some Huawei smart phones has integer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege; the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing arbitrary code execution.(Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-07092)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8205.

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-20170914-02-smartphone-en&gt;