CVE-2017-17225

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
McAfee
Status
Mate 9 Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 March 2018

Summary

The Near Field Communication (NFC) module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro mobile phones with the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.340a(C00) has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of input validation. An attacker may use an NFC card reader or another device to inject malicious data into a target mobile phone. Successful exploit could lead to system restart or arbitrary code execution.

Affected Version(s)

Mate 9 Pro The versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.340a(C00)

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2018/h...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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