Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Several Smartphones

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in several smartphones. The software access data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer when handling certain operations of certificate, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application, successful exploit may cause code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-04124)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9257.

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-20200715-03-smartphone-en