CVE-2017-8181

The camera driver of MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 has a arbitrary memory write 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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en	Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en - Vendor Advisory~~	() http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2017-11-22 19:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-8181

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8181

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8181

JSON object : View

Products Affected

huawei

mtk_platform_smart_phone
mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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