7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-8209
Huawei Honor 5C/Honor 6x Software Driver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

The driver of honor 5C,honor 6x Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356, versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360 have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege of the Android system, the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system reboot or arbitrary code execution.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:33 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8209 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_6x_firmware
2 Huawei honor_5c_firmware
3 Huawei honor_5c
4 Huawei honor_6x
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-2017-8209.

URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-8209 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-20170801-01-smartphone-en
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Dec. 06, 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-20170801-01-smartphone-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) nem-al10c00b356 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) berlin-l21hnc432b360 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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.

0.12 }} 0.01%

score

0.46074

percentile

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