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CVE-2017-8160

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

The Madapt Driver of some Huawei smart phones with software Earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172 versions,Vicky-AL00CC768B122,Vicky-TL00AC01B167,Earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B172 versions,Victoria-TL00AC00B123,Victoria-TL00AC01B167 has a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to install a malicious application which has a high privilege to exploit this vulnerability, Successful exploitation may cause arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A: before vicky-al00ac00b172 — fixed in vicky-al00ac00b172
• Huawei Vicky-Al00C Firmware: vicky-al00cc768b122
• Huawei Vicky-Tl00A Firmware: vicky-tl00ac01b167
• Huawei Victoria-Al00A Firmware: before victoria-al00ac00b172_ — fixed in victoria-al00ac00b172_
• Huawei Victoria-Tl00A Firmware: victoria-tl00ac00b123, victoria-tl00ac01b167

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A vicky-al00ac00b172; Huawei Victoria-Al00A Firmware victoria-al00ac00b172_. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-01-smartphone-en

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