Security Advisory - Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smartphones

Some Huawei smartphones have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker with a high permission runs some specific commands on the smartphone. Due to insufficient input verification, successful exploit may cause out-of-bounds read of the memory and the system abnormal. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-11018)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-5296.

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-20190220-01-phone-en