Huawei Mate 9 Pro smartphones with software of LON-AL00BC00B139D, LON-AL00BC00B229, LON-L29DC721B188 have a memory double free vulnerability. The system does not manage the memory properly, that frees on the same memory address twice. An attacker tricks the user who has root privilege to install a crafted application, successful exploit could result in malicious code execution.
Weakness
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mate_9_pro_firmware | Huawei | lon-al00bc00b139d (including) | lon-al00bc00b139d (including) |
| Mate_9_pro_firmware | Huawei | lon-al00bc00b229 (including) | lon-al00bc00b229 (including) |
| Mate_9_pro_firmware | Huawei | lon-l29dc721b188 (including) | lon-l29dc721b188 (including) |