CVE-2017-8142

High

Description

The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) module driver of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B221 and versions earlier than LON-AL00BC00B221 has a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can start multiple threads and try to create and free specific memory, which could triggers access memory after free it and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductHuawei Mate 9 Firmware
PublishedNov 22, 2017
First seenNov 22, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • huawei mate_9_firmwaremha-al00bc00b221 or later
  • huawei mate_9_pro_firmwarelon-al00bc00b221 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
huawei mate_9_firmwarev < mha-al00bc00b221mha-al00bc00b221
huawei mate_9_pro_firmwarev < lon-al00bc00b221lon-al00bc00b221

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