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CVE-2017-8140

• 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: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-415

Description

The soundtrigger driver in P9 Plus smart phones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B353 has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can start multiple threads and try to free specific memory, which could triggers double free and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus: before vie-al10bc00b353 — fixed in vie-al10bc00b353

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus vie-al10bc00b353. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170605-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170605-01-smartphone-en

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