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CVE-2015-8679
Huawei P8 and Mate S denial of service vulnerability
Description

The Maxim_smartpa_dev driver in Huawei P8 smartphones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B230, GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B230, GRA-CL10 before GRA-CL10C92B230, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B230, and GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B230 and Mate S smartphones with software CRR-TL00 before CRR-TL00C01B160SP01, CRR-UL00 before CRR-UL00C00B160, and CRR-CL00 before CRR-CL00C92B161 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application, which triggers an invalid memory access.

INFO

Published Date :

April 7, 2016, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-8679 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8679 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Huawei mate_s_firmware
2 Huawei p8_firmware
3 Huawei p8
4 Huawei mate_s
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-8679.

URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160105-01-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160105-01-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Vulnerability found by Yonggang Guo.

Updated: 7 years, 5 months ago
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Born at : June 12, 2017, 7:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 33 different CVEs too.

This project contains pocs and exploits for vulneribilities I found (mostly)

Makefile C Assembly Python Shell HTML CMake Batchfile Meson Roff

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Born at : Sept. 7, 2016, 12:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 144 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8679 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160105-01-smartphone-en
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The (1) ION and (2) Maxim_smartpa_dev drivers in Huawei P8 smartphones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B230, GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B230, GRA-CL10 before GRA-CL10C92B230, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B230, and GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B230 and Mate S smartphones with software CRR-TL00 before CRR-TL00C01B160SP01, CRR-UL00 before CRR-UL00C00B160, and CRR-CL00 before CRR-CL00C92B161 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application, which triggers an invalid memory access. The Maxim_smartpa_dev driver in Huawei P8 smartphones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B230, GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B230, GRA-CL10 before GRA-CL10C92B230, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B230, and GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B230 and Mate S smartphones with software CRR-TL00 before CRR-TL00C01B160SP01, CRR-UL00 before CRR-UL00C00B160, and CRR-CL00 before CRR-CL00C92B161 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application, which triggers an invalid memory access.
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mate_s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_s_firmware:crr-cl00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_s_firmware:crr-ul00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_s_firmware:crr-tl00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 AND OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_firmware:gra-ul00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_firmware:gra-ul10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_firmware:gra-cl10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_firmware:gra-cl00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_firmware:gra-tl00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160105-01-smartphone-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160105-01-smartphone-en Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.25348

percentile

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