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CVE-2017-8205

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% 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-190

Description

The Bastet driver of Honor 9 Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Stanford-AL10C00B175 has integer 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 driver of the smart phone, causing arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 9: before stanford-al10c00b175 — fixed in stanford-al10c00b175

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 9 stanford-al10c00b175. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170914-02-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101963
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170914-02-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101963

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