CVE-2017-17173
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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- huawei mate 9 pro fimware< lon-al00b_8.0.0.356\(c00\)nvdUScpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_9_pro_fimware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (4)
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- http://www.huawei.com/cn/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180613-02-smartphone-cnPatchcnnvd
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180613-02-smartphone-encnnvd
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180613-02-smartphone-enenisa_euvd
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180613-02-smartphone-enVendor Advisorynvd
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