PT-2018-6496 · Huawei · Huawei Mate 9 Pro

Pengfei Ding + 1 · Published 2018-03-20 · Updated 2018-04-13 · CVE-2017-17320

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Huawei Mate 9 Pro smartphones with software of LON-AL00BC00B139D, LON-AL00BC00B229, LON-L29DC721B188

Description: The issue is related to a memory double free vulnerability, where the system fails to manage memory properly, leading to the freeing of the same memory address twice. An attacker could trick a user with root privilege into installing a crafted application, potentially resulting in malicious code execution.

Recommendations: For LON-AL00BC00B139D, update the software to a version that properly manages memory allocation to prevent double free vulnerabilities. For LON-AL00BC00B229, apply a patch that corrects the memory management issue to prevent exploitation. For LON-L29DC721B188, restrict the installation of crafted applications until a software update that fixes the memory double free issue is available.

Fix

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17320

Affected Products

Huawei Mate 9 Pro

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17320 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17320 · Vendor Advisory
• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180314-02-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory