Huawei P9 Lite inputhub Driver Parameter memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei P9 Lite. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component inputhub Driver. This manipulation as part of Parameter causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-17313. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei P9 Lite (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component inputhub Driver. The manipulation as part of a Parameter leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The inputhub driver of HUAWEI P9 Lite mobile phones with Versions earlier than VNS-L21C02B341, Versions earlier than VNS-L21C22B380, Versions earlier than VNS-L31C02B341, Versions earlier than VNS-L31C440B390, Versions earlier than VNS-L31C636B396 has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP and the APP may sends specific data to the inputhub driver to exploit this vulnerability, successful exploit could cause the system reboot.

The bug was discovered 04/18/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-17313 since 12/04/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/03/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Huawei

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• P9 Lite

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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