Buffer overflow in Huawei Honor 5c
CVE-2017-8207
The driver of honor 5C, honor 6x Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356, versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360 have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege of the Android system, the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system reboot or arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th 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 Honor_5c
- Huawei Honor_5c_firmware
- Huawei Honor_6x
- Huawei Honor_6x_firmware
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 5c,honor 6x — versions Versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356,Versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-8207?
- CVE-2017-8207 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor 5c, 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-2017-8207?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.