High severity · published Mar 20, 2018
CVE-2017-17320
Huawei Mate 9 Pro smartphones with software of LON-AL00BC00B139D, LON-AL00BC00B229, LON-L29DC721B188 have a memory double free vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Huawei Mate 9 Pro smartphones with software of LON-AL00BC00B139D, LON-AL00BC00B229, LON-L29DC721B188 have a memory double free vulnerability. The system does not manage the memory properly, that frees on the same memory address twice. An attacker tricks the user who has root privilege to install a crafted application, successful exploit could result in malicious 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 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
M9
Mate 9 Pro Firmware · Huawei
lon-al00bc00b139d; lon-al00bc00b229; lon-l29dc721b188 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17320
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17320
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180314-02-smartphone-en
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