CVE-ID |
CVE-2017-8179
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• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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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.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
Huawei Technologies |
Date Record Created |
20170425 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20170425) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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