CVE-2017-8169

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% 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-119

Description

Huawei smart phones with software earlier than VIE-L09C40B360 versions 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; the APP can send a specific parameter to the smart phone, causing the smartphone restart or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VIE-L09: before vie-l09c40b360 — fixed in vie-l09c40b360

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VIE-L09 vie-l09c40b360. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171025-01-overflow-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171025-01-overflow-en

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