CVE-2019-5216 Race condition in Honor V10, Honor 10, Honor Play
A race condition in Huawei Honor smartphones allows malicious apps to execute arbitrary code by manipulating shared variables.
- 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-2019-5216?
CVE-2019-5216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor V10, Honor 10, Honor Play, published on 6 Jun 2019. 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
There is a race condition vulnerability on Huawei Honor V10 smartphones versions earlier than Berkeley-AL20 9.0.0.156(C00E156R2P14T8), Honor 10 smartphones versions earlier than Columbia-AL10B 9.0.0.156(C00E156R1P20T8) and Honor Play smartphones versions earlier than Cornell-AL00A 9.0.0.156(C00E156R1P13T8). An attacker tricks the user into installing a malicious application, which makes multiple processes to operate the same variate at the same time. Successful exploit could cause execution of malicious code.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5216?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Honor 10 Firmware, Huawei Honor Play Firmware, Huawei Honor View 10 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5216?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5216 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5216 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Honor V10, Honor 10, Honor Play
Sources
Also known as GHSA-657p-ghh6-v8fr.