Vulnerability in Huawei Agassi-L09hn
CVE-2017-8159
Some Huawei smartphones with software AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012 have a type confusion vulnerability. The program initializes a variable using one type, but it later accesses that variable using a type that is different with the original type when do certain register operation. Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution.
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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: 0.010 (62.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Huawei Agassi-L09hn
- Huawei Agassi-L09hn Firmware — versions ags-l09c233b019
- Huawei Agassi-W09hn
- Huawei Agassi-W09hn Firmware — versions ags-w09c233b019
- Huawei Kobe-L09ahn
- Huawei Kobe-L09ahn Firmware — versions kob-l09c233b017
- Huawei Kobe-W09chn
- Huawei Kobe-W09chn Firmware — versions kob-w09c233b012
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Agassi-L09hn,agassi-W09hn,kobe-L09ahn,kobe-W09chn, — versions AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-8159?
- CVE-2017-8159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Agassi-L09hn, classified under Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-8159?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.