What is CVE-2017-17173?

CVE-2017-17173 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9 Pro, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2017-17173?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Huawei Mate 9 Pro

CVE-2017-17173

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei Mate_9_pro
Huawei Mate_9_pro_fimware
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro — versions The versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.356(C00)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17173?: CVE-2017-17173 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9 Pro, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2017-17173?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.