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CVE-2017-17173

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CVE-2017-17173

Published: Jun 14, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Mate 9 Pro

affected
The versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.356(C00)

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