Use After Free in Huawei Vicky-Al00a
CVE-2017-8160
The Madapt Driver of some Huawei smart phones with software Earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172 versions,Vicky-AL00CC768B122,Vicky-TL00AC01B167,Earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B172 versions,Victoria-TL00AC00B123,Victoria-TL00AC01B167 has a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to install a malicious application which has a high privilege to exploit this vulnerability, Successful exploitation may cause arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.011 (61.3th 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 Vicky-al00a
- Huawei Vicky-al00a_firmware
- Huawei Vicky-al00c
- Huawei Vicky-al00c_firmware — versions vicky-al00cc768b122
- Huawei Vicky-tl00a
- Huawei Vicky-tl00a_firmware — versions vicky-tl00ac01b167
- Huawei Victoria-al00a
- Huawei Victoria-al00a_firmware
- Huawei Victoria-tl00a
- Huawei Victoria-tl00a_firmware — versions victoria-tl00ac00b123, victoria-tl00ac01b167
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-8160?
- CVE-2017-8160 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Vicky-Al00a, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-8160?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-8160 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.