CVE-2018-7899 — The Mali Driver of Huawei Berkeley-AL20 and Berkeley-BD smart phones with softwa

The Mali Driver of Huawei Berkeley-AL20 and Berkeley-BD smart phones with software Berkeley-AL20 8.0.0.105(C00), 8.0.0.111(C00), 8.0.0.112D(C00), 8.0.0.116(C00), 8.0.0.119(C00), 8.0.0.119D(C00), 8.0.0.122(C00), 8.0.0.132(C00), 8.0.0.132D(C00), 8.0.0.142(C00), 8.0.0.151(C00), Berk

01What is this vulnerability?

The Mali Driver of Huawei Berkeley-AL20 and Berkeley-BD smart phones with software Berkeley-AL20 8.0.0.105(C00), 8.0.0.111(C00), 8.0.0.112D(C00), 8.0.0.116(C00), 8.0.0.119(C00), 8.0.0.119D(C00), 8.0.0.122(C00), 8.0.0.132(C00), 8.0.0.132D(C00), 8.0.0.142(C00), 8.0.0.151(C00), Berkeley-BD 1.0.0.21, 1.0.0.22, 1.0.0.23, 1.0.0.24, 1.0.0.26, 1.0.0.29 has a double free vulnerability. An attacker can…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	Berkeley	AL20, Berkeley-BD — Berkeley-AL20 8.0.0.105(C00), 8.0.0.111(C00), 8.0.0.112D(C00), 8.0.0.116(C00), 8.0.0.119(C00), 8.0.0.119D(C00), 8.0.0.122(C00), 8.0.0.132(C00), 8.0.0.132D(C00), 8.0.0.142(C00), 8.0.0.151(C00), Berkeley-BD 1.0.0.21, 1.0.0.22, 1.0.0.23, 1.0.0.24, 1.0.0.26, 1.0.0.29

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-04-19T14:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T23:06:01.087Z

09References

• www.huawei.com — http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180418-01-smartph…