CVE-2019-5264 — There is an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei smartphones (

There is an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei smartphones (Mate 10;Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Changxiang 7S;P-smart;Changxiang 8 Plus;Y9 2018;Honor 9 Lite;Honor 9i;Mate 9). The software does not properly handle certain information of applications locked by applock

01What is this vulnerability?

There is an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei smartphones (Mate 10;Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Changxiang 7S;P-smart;Changxiang 8 Plus;Y9 2018;Honor 9 Lite;Honor 9i;Mate 9). The software does not properly handle certain information of applications locked by applock in a rare condition. Successful exploit could cause information disclosure.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Mate 10;Mate 10 Pro;Honor V10;Changxiang 7S;P	smart;Changxiang 8 Plus;Y9 2018;Honor 9 Lite;Honor 9i;Mate 9 — Versions earlier than 9.0.0.167(C00E85R2P20T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.159(C432E4R1P9T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.177(C185E2R1P12T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.159(C636E2R1P12T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.167(C00E87R2P15T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.159(C185E2R1P13T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.161(C432E4R1P11T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.159(C636E2R1P13T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.156(C00E156R2P14T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.0.159(C636E3R1P12T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.107(C00E107R2P8T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.119(C636E5R1P1T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C432E8R1P5T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.111(C00E111R1P6T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.115(C432E5R1P1T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.120(C636E5R1P1T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.113(C00E111R2P10T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.118(C636E4R1P1T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.118(C185E4R1P4T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.121(C432E4R1P3T8), Versions earlier than 9.1.0.112(C00E112R1P6T8), Versions earlier 9.1.0.106(SP53C636E2R1P4T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.1.158(C432E6R1P8T8), Versions earlier than 9.0.1.159(C636E6R1P8T8)

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: 2019-12-13T23:00:29.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T19:47:56.839Z

09References

• www.huawei.com — https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191211-01-smartp…