Stack Overflow Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphones
CVE-2016-8761

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Huawei
Status
P9,honor 6 Versions Before Eva-al10c00b192,versions Before H60-l02 6.10.1
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 April 2017

Summary

The video driver in certain Huawei smartphones, specifically the P9 and Honor 6, contains a vulnerability that could be exploited through a stack overflow. This would allow attackers to potentially crash the phone's operating system or gain elevated privileges, compromising user data and device security.

Affected Version(s)

P9,Honor 6 before EVA-AL10C00B192, before H60-L02_6.10.1 P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02_6.10.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93530
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http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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