Huawei Mate 9 prior MHA-AL00BC00B173 Application memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei Mate 9. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Application results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2716. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei Mate 9 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The camerafs driver in Mate 9 Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 has buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has the system privilege of the Android system and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system crash or privilege escalation.

The bug was discovered 04/26/2017. The weakness was published 11/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2716 since 12/01/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 210 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version MHA-AL00BC00B173 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mate 9 MHA-AL00BC00B173

Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
04/26/2017 +146 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +210 days 🔍
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11/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/11/2023 +1875 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20170426-02
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-2716 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2716
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109830

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 07:48
Updated: 01/11/2023 11:24
Changes: 11/23/2017 07:48 (58), 12/09/2019 17:23 (2), 01/11/2023 11:24 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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