Security Advisory - Use After Free Vulnerability on Several Smartphones

There is a use after free vulnerability on certain driver component in smartphone. An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which make the software to reference memory after it has been freed. Successful exploit could cause a denial of service condition. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-11014)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-5214.

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-20190109-01-smartphone-en