VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17173

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.01%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Due to insufficient parameters verification GPU driver of Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.356(C00) has an arbitrary memory free vulnerability. An attacker can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to driver to release special kernel memory resource. Successful exploit may result in phone crash or arbitrary code execution.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references