7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-2729
Honor Boot Loader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

The boot loaders in Honor 5A smart phones with software Versions earlier than CAM-TL00C01B193,Versions earlier than CAM-TL00HC00B193,Versions earlier than CAM-UL00C00B193 have a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific data to cause buffer overflow in the next system reboot, causing continuous system reboot or arbitrary code execution.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 22, 2017, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 11, 2017, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-2729 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-2017-2729 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 honor_5a_firmware
2 Huawei p8_lite_firmware
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-2017-2729.

URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96526 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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).

None

Python

Updated: 5 years, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 10, 2018, 7:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

BootStomp: a bootloader vulnerability finder

bootloader android binary-analysis decompilation vulnerability-detection cve

Python Dockerfile

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
378 stars 66 fork 66 watcher
Born at : Aug. 15, 2017, 11:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-2729 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-2729 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96526 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96526 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-tl00c01b193 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-tl00hc00b193 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-ul00c00b193 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) ale-l02c635b568 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) ale-l21c10b541 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) ale-l21c185b568 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) ale-l21c432b596 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) ale-l21c464b595 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) ale-l21c636b568 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) ale-l23c605b535 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 24, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96526 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.10 }} 0.01%

score

0.42785

percentile

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