Memory corruption in Huawei Mate 9
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The camerafs driver in Mate 9 Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 has buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has the system privilege of the Android system and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system crash or privilege escalation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei | Mate 9 | Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Mate 9 VendorHuawei Affected Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-2716
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-995v-v47h-mr2v
References
More Huawei Mate 9 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-11224 Memory corruption in Huawei Mate 10 CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-11229 Double free in Huawei Mate 9 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-05717 Use after free in Huawei Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-01948 Path traversal in Huawei Mate 9 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2017-01949 Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a privilege escalation… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2017-01945 Phone Finder in versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156,Versions earlier before… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-2716 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-2716 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-995v-v47h-mr2v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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