CVE-2017-8207

High

Description

The driver of honor 5C, honor 6x Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356, versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360 have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege of the Android system, the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system reboot or arbitrary code execution.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductHuawei Honor 5c Firmware
PublishedNov 22, 2017
First seenNov 22, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • huawei honor_5c_firmwarenem-al10c00b356 or later
  • huawei honor_6x_firmwareberlin-l21hnc432b360 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
huawei honor_5c_firmwarev < nem-al10c00b356nem-al10c00b356
huawei honor_6x_firmwarev < berlin-l21hnc432b360berlin-l21hnc432b360

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CVE-2017-8207 · Huawei Honor 5c Firmware · Dark Radar