Buffer overflow in Huawei Mtk Platform Smart Phone
CVE-2017-8180
The camera driver of MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 has a buffer overflow vulnerability.Due to the insufficient input verification, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has special privilege and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing privilege escalation.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th 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 Mtk_platform_smart_phone
- Huawei Mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Nice-al00 — versions Versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-8180?
- CVE-2017-8180 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mtk Platform Smart Phone, 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-2017-8180?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.