CVE-2017-8212

The driver of honor 5C,honor 6x Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356, versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360 have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege of the Android system, the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system reboot or arbitrary code execution.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory~~	() http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2017-11-22 19:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-8212

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8212

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8212

JSON object : View

Products Affected

huawei

honor_5c
honor_6x_firmware
honor_6x
honor_5c_firmware

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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