CVE-2019-5236 — Huawei smart phones Emily-L29C with versions of 8

Huawei smart phones Emily-L29C with versions of 8.1.0.132a(C432), 8.1.0.135(C782), 8.1.0.154(C10), 8.1.0.154(C461), 8.1.0.154(C635), 8.1.0.156(C185), 8.1.0.156(C605), 8.1.0.159(C636) have a double free vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to click a URL to exploit this vul

01What is this vulnerability?

Huawei smart phones Emily-L29C with versions of 8.1.0.132a(C432), 8.1.0.135(C782), 8.1.0.154(C10), 8.1.0.154(C461), 8.1.0.154(C635), 8.1.0.156(C185), 8.1.0.156(C605), 8.1.0.159(C636) have a double free vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to click a URL to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause the affected phone abnormal.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Huawei	Emily	L29C — 8.1.0.132a(C432), 8.1.0.135(C782), 8.1.0.154(C10), 8.1.0.154(C461), 8.1.0.154(C635), 8.1.0.156(C185), 8.1.0.156(C605), 8.1.0.159(C636)

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: 2019-08-08T16:26:42.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:47:56.831Z

09References

• www.huawei.com — https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190807-01-smartp…