Denial of Service Vulnerability in Huawei Honor 5C and P9 Lite Wi-Fi Driver
CVE-2017-8143

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

McAfee
Status
Honor 5c, P9 Lite
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2017

What is CVE-2017-8143?

The Wi-Fi driver within the Huawei Honor 5C and P9 Lite smartphones is susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate a user into installing a malicious application. Once deployed, the malicious app can exploit the driver's invalid memory address access, potentially crashing the device's system and disrupting user access to important functionalities.

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Affected Version(s)

Honor 5C, P9 Lite Versions earlier than NEM-L21C432B351, Versions earlier than VNS-L21C10B381

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99256
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http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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