Memory Access Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphones
CVE-2017-8183

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
McAfee
Status
Nice-al00
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2017

Summary

The MTK platform used in select Huawei smartphones is susceptible to a memory access vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker. By deceiving the user into downloading and installing a malicious application, the attacker can manipulate data access, which may lead to unauthorized exposure of sensitive information.

Affected Version(s)

Nice-AL00 Earlier than Nice-AL00C00B160 versions, Earlier than Nice-AL10C00B140 versions

References

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

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
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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