Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Huawei Honor 5C and 6X Smartphones
CVE-2017-8207

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

McAfee
Status
Honor 5c,honor 6x
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2017

What is CVE-2017-8207?

The vulnerability affects the driver of Huawei Honor 5C and 6X smartphones due to insufficient parameter validation. This issue can be exploited when a user inadvertently installs a malicious application that gains root access to the Android system. Upon successful exploitation, the application can send crafted parameters to the smartphone's driver, leading to potential system crashes or arbitrary code execution, posing serious security risks to users.

Affected Version(s)

honor 5C,honor 6x Versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356,Versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360

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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