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CVE-2017-8179

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Published: Nov 22, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

The camera driver of MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 has a buffer overflow vulnerability.Due to the insufficient input verification, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has special privilege and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing privilege escalation.

Affected (1)

Huawei
1 product
Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware
Before nice-al00c00b155
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Huawei
Mtk Platform Smart Phone
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

Source: psirt@huawei.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: psirt@huawei.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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