High severity · published Jul 31, 2018
CVE-2018-7993
HUAWEI Mate 10 smartphones with versions earlier than ALP-AL00 8.1.0.311 have a use after free vulnerability on mediaserver component
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HUAWEI Mate 10 smartphones with versions earlier than ALP-AL00 8.1.0.311 have a use after free vulnerability on mediaserver component. An attacker tricks the user install a malicious application, which make the software to reference memory after it has been freed. Successful exploit could cause execution of arbitrary code.
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)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
M1
Mate 10 Firmware · Huawei
before alp-al00_8.1.0.311 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7993
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7993
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180711-01-smartphone-en
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