CVE-2017-8179
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-8179
- Assigner
- psirt@huawei.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2017-11-22T19:29:04
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-12-08T19:01:20
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AND | ||||
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | nice-al00c00b155 | |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
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-20170919-01-mtk-en | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101956 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8179 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8179 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:09:33 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 23:24:32 | 2017-11-22T19:29Z | 2017-11-22T19:29:04 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 23:24:32 | 2017-12-08T19:01:20 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 23:24:33 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |