CVE-2017-15316

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-415

Description

The GPU driver of Mate 9 Huawei smart phones with software before MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with software before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can call special API, which triggers double free and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9: before mha-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\) — fixed in mha-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\)
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro: before lon-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\) — fixed in lon-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 mha-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\); Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro lon-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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