CVE-2017-8179

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

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Information

Published : 2017-11-22 19:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15


NVD link : CVE-2017-8179

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8179

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8179


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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