CVE-2018-7934 Denial of service in Mate 10 Pro
An attacker can cause frontend apps to crash by tricking users into installing a malicious app that exploits specific screen gestures.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-7934?
CVE-2018-7934 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro, published on 31 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Some Huawei mobile phone with the versions before BLA-L29 8.0.0.145(C432) have a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability because they do not adapt to specific screen gestures. An attacker may trick users into installing a malicious app. As a result, apps running on the frontend crash after the users make specific screen gestures.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7934?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mate 10 Pro Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7934?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7934 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-7934 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7934 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h9hj-45x9-ffg3.