CVE-2017-8180

The camera driver of MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 has a buffer overflow vulnerability.Due to the insufficient input verification, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has special privilege and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing privilege escalation.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - psirt@huawei.com

Published

2017-11-22

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware (Huawei)
• Nice-al00 (Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.)

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en