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.

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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