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CVE-2017-8211

• 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

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.

Affected products

• Huawei Honor 5C Firmware: before nem-al10c00b356 — fixed in nem-al10c00b356
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 6X: before berlin-l21hnc432b360 — fixed in berlin-l21hnc432b360

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Honor 5C Firmware nem-al10c00b356; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 6X berlin-l21hnc432b360. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170801-01-smartphone-en

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