CVE-2017-8179

HIGH

Huawei MTK Platform Smart Phone Firmware < Nice-AL00C00B155 - Buffer Overflow in Camera Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101956

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.5%
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-119
Status published
Products (2)
huawei/mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware < nice-al00c00b155
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Nice-AL00 Versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155
Published Nov 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026