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CVE-2017-8203 (GCVE-0-2017-8203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-22 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:26
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • UAF
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Nova 2 Plus,Nova 2 Affected: Versions earlier than BAC-AL00C00B173,Versions earlier than PIC-AL00C00B173
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Date Public
2017-11-15 00:00
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