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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 15, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2017-15347

CVE-2017-15347

Description

Huawei Mate 9 Pro mobile phones with software of versions earlier than LON-AL00BC00B235 have a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can riggers access memory after free it. A local attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause the mobile phone to crash.

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Use-after-free vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9 Pro (versions before LON-AL00BC00B235) allows local attackers to crash the device by tricking users into installing a malicious app.

Vulnerability

A use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability exists in Huawei Mate 9 Pro mobile phones running software versions earlier than LON-AL00BC00B235 [1]. The flaw occurs when a malicious application accesses memory after it has been freed, leading to undefined behavior.

Exploitation

An attacker must trick a user into installing a malicious application on the device [1]. Once installed, the application triggers the use-after-free condition by accessing freed memory, causing the phone to crash.

Impact

Successful exploitation results in a denial of service, causing the mobile phone to crash [1]. No other impacts such as code execution or data disclosure are mentioned in the advisory.

Mitigation

Huawei has released software update version LON-AL00BC00B235 to fix this vulnerability [1]. Users should upgrade to this version or later. No workarounds are provided.

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Affected products

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  • Range: <LON-AL00BC00B235
  • Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Mate 9 Prov5
    Range: Versions earlier than LON-AL00BC00B235

Patches

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