High severity · published Nov 22, 2017
CVE-2017-8140
The soundtrigger driver in P9 Plus smart phones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B353 has a memory double free vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The soundtrigger driver in P9 Plus smart phones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B353 has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can start multiple threads and try to free specific memory, which could triggers double free and causes a system 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
PP
P9 Plus Firmware · Huawei
before vie-al10bc00b353 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8140
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8140
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170605-01-smartphone-en
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