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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2019-5225

High
7.8/10

Summary

P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro smartphones with software of versions earlier than ELLE-AL00B 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P21), versions earlier than Hima-AL00B 9.1.0.135(C00E200R2P1), versions earlier than VOGUE-AL00A 9.1.0.193(C00E190R1P12) have a buffer overflow vulnerability on several , the system does not properly validate certain length parameter which an application transports to kernel. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application, successful exploit could cause malicious code execution.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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