What is CVE-2017-2698?

CVE-2017-2698 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei P8, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-2698?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Huawei P8

CVE-2017-2698

The ddr_devfreq driver in versions earlier than GRA-UL00C00B197 has buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of the Android system can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (18.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Huawei P8
Huawei P8_firmware
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P8 — versions Versions earlier than GRA-UL00C00B197

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

psirt@huawei.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2698?: CVE-2017-2698 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei P8, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-2698?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.