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    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.

    Published:Nov 22, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Nov 22, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00114
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Huawei
    Product
    Mtk Platform Smart Phone
    Vendor
    Huawei
    Product
    Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High