CVE-2017-2698

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The ddr_devfreq driver in versions earlier than GRA-UL00C00B197 has buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of the Android system can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to smart phone to crash the system or escalate privilege.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P8: before gra-ul00c00b197 — fixed in gra-ul00c00b197

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P8 gra-ul00c00b197. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170118-04-smartphone-en
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95664
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170118-04-smartphone-en
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95664

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