Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate 7

CVE-2015-8088

Heap-based buffer overflow in the HIFI driver in Huawei Mate 7 phones with software MT7-UL00 before MT7-UL00C17B354, MT7-TL10 before MT7-TL10C00B354, MT7-TL00 before MT7-TL00C01B354, and MT7-CL00 before MT7-CL00C92B354 and P8 phones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B220SP01, GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B220, GRA-CL10 before GRA-CL10C92B220, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B220, and GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B220 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted application.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.038 (90.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2015-8088: held from 0.038 to 0.038.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8088?
CVE-2015-8088 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 7, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-8088?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8088 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.