CVE-2017-8159

HIGH

Huawei Agassi & Kobe Smartphones Remote Code Execution via Type Confusion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Some Huawei smartphones with software AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012 have a type confusion vulnerability. The program initializes a variable using one type, but it later accesses that variable using a type that is different with the original type when do certain register operation. Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0103
EPSS Percentile 59.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-704
Status published
Products (5)
huawei/agassi-l09hn_firmware ags-l09c233b019
huawei/agassi-w09hn_firmware ags-w09c233b019
huawei/kobe-l09ahn_firmware kob-l09c233b017
huawei/kobe-w09chn_firmware kob-w09c233b012
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Agassi-L09HN,Agassi-W09HN,Kobe-L09AHN,Kobe-W09CHN, AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012
Published Nov 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026