CVE-2017-8159 Information

Description

Some Huawei smartphones with software AGS-L09C233B019AGS-W09C233B019KOB-L09C233B017KOB-W09C233B012 have a type confusion vulnerability. The program initializes a variable using one type but it later accesses that variable using a type that is different with the original type when do certain register operation. Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20171018-02-smartphone-en

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8