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CVE-2017-8203

• 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-416

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 products

• Huawei Nova 2 Firmware: before pic-al00c00b173 — fixed in pic-al00c00b173
• Huawei Nova 2 Plus Firmware: before bac-al00c00b173 — fixed in bac-al00c00b173

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Nova 2 Firmware pic-al00c00b173; Huawei Nova 2 Plus Firmware bac-al00c00b173. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170927-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101960
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170927-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101960

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