Security Advisory - Use After Free Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smart Phones

There is a use after free (UAF) vulnerability in some Huawei mobile phones. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can riggers access memory after free it. A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause the mobile phone to crash. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-09193)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15347.

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-20171129-01-phone-en