PT-2017-18189 · Huawei · Huawei Smartphone

Guang Gong + 2 · Published 2017-11-22 · Updated 2017-12-08 · CVE-2017-8184

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Huawei smart phones with software earlier than Nice-AL00C00B160 versions Huawei smart phones with software earlier than Nice-AL10C00B140 versions

Description The issue allows an attacker to trick a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone. By sending a given parameter, the attacker can cause any memory access issues, leading to sensitive information leakage.

Recommendations For versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B160, update to Nice-AL00C00B160 or later to resolve the issue. For versions earlier than Nice-AL10C00B140, update to Nice-AL10C00B140 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the installation of applications from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8184

Affected Products

Huawei Smartphone

References · 3

• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171115-01-mtk-en · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8184 · Security Note