CVE-2017-8169

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Huawei smart phones with software earlier than VIE-L09C40B360 versions 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; the APP can send a specific parameter to the smart phone, causing the smartphone restart or arbitrary code execution.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8169
  • Assigner
  • psirt@huawei.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-22T19:29:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-08T14:55:56
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:vie-l09_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR vie-l09c40b360
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:vie-l09:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171025-01-overflow-en Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8169
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8169
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:09:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:24:07 2017-11-22T19:29Z 2017-11-22T19:29:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:24:07 2017-12-08T14:55:56 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:24:07 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated