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CVE-2017-8181

N/A
Published: November 22, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorMtk Platform Smart Phone FirmwareMtk Platform Smart Phone

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

The camera driver of MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 has a arbitrary memory write 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.

Affected

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

Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware· Huawei
95%
v < nice-al00c00b155Versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155
Affected range stops below nice-al00c00b155, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-mtk-platform-smart-phone (same device)
Mtk Platform Smart Phone· Huaweidevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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