High severity · published Jun 14, 2018
CVE-2017-17173
Due to insufficient parameters verification GPU driver of Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.356(C00) has an arbitrary memory free…
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Due to insufficient parameters verification GPU driver of Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.356(C00) has an arbitrary memory free vulnerability. An attacker can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to driver to release special kernel memory resource. Successful exploit may result in phone crash or arbitrary code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
M9
Mate 9 Pro · Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
The versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.356(C00) · source: vendor
M9
Mate 9 Pro Fimware · Huawei
before lon-al00b_8.0.0.356\(c00\) · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17173
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17173
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180613-02-smartphone-en
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