CVE-2017-17173 Use after free in Mate 9 Pro
A malicious app can trigger an arbitrary memory free in the GPU driver, leading to phone crashes or arbitrary code execution on Huawei Mate 9 Pro devices.
- 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-2017-17173?
CVE-2017-17173 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro, published on 14 Jun 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17173?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mate 9 Pro Fimware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17173?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17173 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-2017-17173 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17173 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gmcx-8jp4-4q98.