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CVE-2017-8179 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101956	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101956	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
huawei mtk platform smart phone firmware	< nice-al00c00b155
CPE cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
huawei mtk platform smart phone	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 26, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]