CVE-2019-5288
Description
P30 smart phones with versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R2P1) have an integer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient check on specific parameters. An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, obtains the root permission and constructs specific parameters to the camera program to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could cause the program to break down or allow for arbitrary code execution.
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Integer overflow in Huawei P30 camera before ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R2P1) allows arbitrary code execution via crafted parameters.
Vulnerability
Huawei P30 smartphones running versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R2P1) contain an integer overflow vulnerability in the camera program due to insufficient validation of specific parameters. The affected software is the camera service or library that handles these parameters. [1]
Exploitation
An attacker must trick the user into installing a malicious application that obtains root permission on the device. With root access, the attacker can construct and pass specially crafted parameters to the camera program to trigger the integer overflow. The exploitation requires user interaction (installing the malicious app) and does not involve network access. [1]
Impact
Successful exploitation can cause the camera program to crash (denial of service) or allow arbitrary code execution. The attacker gains code execution at the privilege level of the camera process, which could be further leveraged for device compromise. [1]
Mitigation
Huawei released a software update to fix this vulnerability. The resolved version is ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R2P1) for the P30. Users should update to this version or later. No workarounds are provided. [1]
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Affected products
2- Huawei/P30 smart phonesdescription
Patches
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References
1- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190925-01-smartphone-enmitrex_refsource_MISC
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