Is CVE-2018-7993 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-7993 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-7993?

CVE-2018-7993 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-7993?

CVE-2018-7993 has an EPSS score of 1.06% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7993?

Upgrade mate 10 firmware to alp-al00_8.1.0.311 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-7993

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

HUAWEI Mate 10 smartphones with versions earlier than ALP-AL00 8.1.0.311 have a use after free vulnerability on mediaserver component. An attacker tricks the user install a malicious application, which make the software to reference memory after it has been freed. Successful exploit could cause execution of arbitrary code.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

mate 10 firmwareNVD

Affected:< alp-al00_8.1.0.311Fixed in:alp-al00_8.1.0.311CVE-2018-7993derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

huawei.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.