CVE-2017-15330 Use after free in Vicky-AL00A
A double free vulnerability in the Huawei Flp Driver allows attackers to cause denial of service by tricking users into installing malicious applications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-15330?
CVE-2017-15330 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A, published on 15 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Flp Driver in some Huawei smartphones of the software Vicky-AL00AC00B124D, Vicky-AL00AC00B157D, Vicky-AL00AC00B167 has a double free vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to install a malicious application which has a high privilege to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause denial of service (DoS) attack.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15330?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Vicky-Al00a Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15330?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15330 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2017-15330 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15330 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcj5-769c-6f8g.