High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-8203

Description

The Bastet Driver of Nova 2 Plus,Nova 2 Huawei smart phones with software of Versions earlier than BAC-AL00C00B173,Versions earlier than PIC-AL00C00B173 has a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker can convince a user to install a malicious application which has a high privilege to exploit this vulnerability, Successful exploitation may cause arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Huawei/Nova 2 Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nova_2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <pic-al00c00b173
Huawei/Nova 2 Plus Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:nova_2_plus_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <bac-al00c00b173
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Nova 2 Plus,Nova 2v5
Range: Versions earlier than BAC-AL00C00B173,Versions earlier than PIC-AL00C00B173

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170927-01-smartphone-ennvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101960nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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