CVE-2019-5214 — There is a use after free vulnerability on certain driver component in Huawei Ma

There is a use after free vulnerability on certain driver component in Huawei Mate10 smartphones versions earlier than ALP-AL00B 9.0.0.167(C00E85R2P20T8). An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which make the software to reference memory after it has

01What is this vulnerability?

There is a use after free vulnerability on certain driver component in Huawei Mate10 smartphones versions earlier than ALP-AL00B 9.0.0.167(C00E85R2P20T8). 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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Huawei	Huawei Mate10	Versions earlier than ALP-AL00B 9.0.0.167(C00E85R2P20T8)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-06-06T14:18:43.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:47:56.745Z

09References

• www.huawei.com — http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190109-01-smartph…