CVE-2017-2729

N/A

Published: November 22, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorP8 Lite FirmwareHonor 5A FirmwareP8 Lite

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The boot loaders in Honor 5A smart phones with software Versions earlier than CAM-TL00C01B193,Versions earlier than CAM-TL00HC00B193,Versions earlier than CAM-UL00C00B193 have a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific data to cause buffer overflow in the next system reboot, causing continuous system reboot or arbitrary code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Honor 5A Firmware · Huawei

95%

v < cam-tl00c01b193v < cam-tl00hc00b193v < cam-ul00c00b193

Affected range stops below cam-tl00c01b193, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below cam-tl00hc00b193, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below cam-ul00c00b193, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

huawei-honor-5a (same device)

P8 Lite Firmware · Huawei

95%

v < ale-l02c635b568v < ale-l21c10b541v < ale-l21c185b568v < ale-l21c432b596v < ale-l21c464b595v < ale-l21c636b568v < ale-l23c605b535

Affected range stops below ale-l02c635b568, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below ale-l21c10b541, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below ale-l21c185b568, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below ale-l21c432b596, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below ale-l21c464b595, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below ale-l21c636b568, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below ale-l23c605b535, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

huawei-p8-lite (same device)

Honor 5A · Huawei

60%

Versions earlier than CAM-TL00C01B193,Versions earlier than CAM-TL00HC00B193,Versions earlier than CAM-UL00C00B193

P8 Lite · Huaweidevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-en

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-en

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96526

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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