Use After Free Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphones
CVE-2017-8160

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
McAfee
Status
Vicky-al00a,vicky-al00c,vicky-tl00a,victoria-al00a,victoria-tl00a
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2017

Summary

The Madapt Driver in certain Huawei smartphones is susceptible to a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this flaw by convincing users to install a malicious application that operates with elevated privileges. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution, potentially compromising the device's integrity and user data.

Affected Version(s)

Vicky-AL00A,Vicky-AL00C,Vicky-TL00A,Victoria-AL00A,Victoria-TL00A Earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172 versions,Vicky-AL00CC768B122,Vicky-TL00AC01B167,Earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B172 versions,Victoria-TL00AC00B123,Victoria-TL00AC01B167

References

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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