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CVE-2017-8211

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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 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.

Affected (2)

Huawei
2 products
Honor 5c Firmware
Honor 6x Firmware
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Honor 5c Firmware
Before nem-al10c00b356
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Huawei
Honor 5c
All versions
Configuration B
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Honor 6x Firmware
Before berlin-l21hnc432b360
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Huawei
Honor 6x
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 (2)

Source: psirt@huawei.com
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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