Huawei Mate 9 up to 8.0.0 GPU Driver Application double free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei Mate 9 up to 8.0.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component GPU Driver. Such manipulation as part of Application leads to double free. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-15316. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei Mate 9 up to 8.0.0 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component GPU Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a double free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-415. The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The GPU driver of Mate 9 Huawei smart phones with software before MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with software before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can call special API, which triggers double free and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2017. The weakness was presented 12/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-15316 since 10/14/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) or LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) eliminates this vulnerability.

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Double free
CWE: CWE-415 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mate 9 MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00)/LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00)

Timelineinfo

10/14/2017 🔍
12/01/2017 +48 days 🔍
12/22/2017 +21 days 🔍
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12/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/18/2023 +1852 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20171201-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-15316 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-15316
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111008

Entryinfo

Created: 12/23/2017 09:43
Updated: 01/18/2023 19:59
Changes: 12/23/2017 09:43 (61), 12/17/2019 15:11 (1), 01/28/2021 07:37 (2), 01/18/2023 19:59 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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