CVE-2017-8142

N/A
Published: November 22, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:25 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorMate 9 FirmwareMate 9 Pro FirmwareMate 9

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) module driver of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B221 and versions earlier than LON-AL00BC00B221 has a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can start multiple threads and try to create and free specific memory, which could triggers access memory after free it and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < mha-al00bc00b221
Affected range stops below mha-al00bc00b221, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-mate-9 (same device)
v < lon-al00bc00b221
Affected range stops below lon-al00bc00b221, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-mate-9-pro (same device)
All versions

Remediation

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CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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