CVE-2017-8203

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 vendorNova 2 Plus FirmwareNova 2 FirmwareNova 2

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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

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

v < pic-al00c00b173
Affected range stops below pic-al00c00b173, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-nova-2 (same device)
v < bac-al00c00b173
Affected range stops below bac-al00c00b173, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-nova-2-plus (same device)
All versions

Remediation

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References (2)

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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