CVE-2017-17227: Critical severity huawei Mate 10 Firmware vulnerability

Published Mar 9, 2018
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Updated

GPU driver in Huawei Mate 10 smart phones with the versions before ALP-L09 8.0.0.120(C212); The versions before ALP-L09 8.0.0.127(C900); The versions before ALP-L09 8.0.0.128(402/C02/C109/C346/C432/C652) has a out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability due to the input parameters validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can call the driver with special parameter and cause accessing out-of-bounds memory. Successful exploit may result in phone crash or arbitrary code execution.

Affected Software

9 affected components
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.120\(c212\)
huawei Mate 10
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.127\(c900\)
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.128\(402\)
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.128\(c02\)
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.128\(c109\)
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.128\(c346\)
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.128\(c432\)
huawei Mate 10 Firmware<alp-l09_8.0.0.128\(c652\)

Event History

Mar 9, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2017-17227?

CVE-2017-17227 is a vulnerability in the GPU driver in Huawei Mate 10 smartphones.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2017-17227?

CVE-2017-17227 has a severity rating of 7.8, which is classified as critical.

3

How does CVE-2017-17227 affect Huawei Mate 10 smartphones?

CVE-2017-17227 affects Huawei Mate 10 smartphones with versions before ALP-L09 8.0.0.120(C212), ALP-L09 8.0.0.127(C900), and ALP-L09 8.0.0.128(402/C02/C109/C346/C432/C652).

4

What is the vulnerability in CVE-2017-17227?

CVE-2017-17227 is an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the GPU driver of Huawei Mate 10 smartphones.

5

Is there a fix for CVE-2017-17227?

Huawei has released a security advisory with a fix for CVE-2017-17227. Please refer to the official Huawei website for more information.

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