What is CVE-2018-7957?

CVE-2018-7957 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Victoria-Al00, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2018-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-7957?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei Victoria-Al00

CVE-2018-7957

Huawei smartphones with software Victoria-AL00 8.0.0.336a(C00) have an information leakage vulnerability. Because an interface does not verify authorization correctly, attackers can exploit an application with the authorization of phone state to obtain user location additionally.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2018-07-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Victoria-Al00
Huawei Victoria-Al00 Firmware — versions victoria-al00_8.0.0.336a(c00), victoria-al00_8.0.0.336a\(c00\)
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Victoria-Al00 — versions Victoria-AL00 8.0.0.336a(C00)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180704-01-smartphone-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7957?: CVE-2018-7957 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Victoria-Al00, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2018-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-7957?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.