CVE-2017-8209
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The driver of honor 5C,honor 6x Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356, versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360 have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege of the Android system, the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system reboot or arbitrary code execution.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. honor 5C,honor 6x≤ Versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356,Versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360enisa_euvdEU
- huawei honor 6x firmware< berlin-l21hnc432b360nvdUScpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.huawei.com/cn/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-cnPatchcnnvd
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-encnnvd
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-enenisa_euvd
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-enIssue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
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