PT-2017-18157 · Huawei · Huawei P9

Yonggang Guo · Published 2017-11-22 · Updated 2017-12-12 · CVE-2017-8148

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Huawei P9 smartphone with software versions prior to EVA-AL10C00B389

Description The issue is related to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the audio driver. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into installing a malicious application, which causes a race condition. This condition leads to a null pointer access during the application's access to shared resources, resulting in a system reboot.

Recommendations For versions prior to EVA-AL10C00B389, update the software to version EVA-AL10C00B389 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8148

Affected Products

Huawei P9

References · 3

• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170802-01-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8148 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8148 · Vendor Advisory