Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate 10
CVE-2017-15311
The baseband modules of Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with software before ALP-AL00 8.0.0.120(SP2C00), before BLA-AL00 8.0.0.120(SP2C00), before MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00), and before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) have a stack overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker could send malicious packets to the smart phones within radio range by special wireless device, which leads stack overflow when the baseband module handles these packets. The attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service attack or remote code execution in baseband module.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.007 (51.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Huawei Mate_10
- Huawei Mate_10_firmware
- Huawei Mate_10_pro
- Huawei Mate_10_pro_firmware
- Huawei Mate_9
- Huawei Mate_9_firmware
- Huawei Mate_9_pro
- Huawei Mate_9_pro_firmware
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 — versions before ALP-AL00 8.0.0.120(SP2C00)
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 10 Pro — versions before BLA-AL00 8.0.0.120(SP2C00)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15311?
- CVE-2017-15311 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 10, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15311?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.