CVE-2017-8179

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The camera driver of MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 has a buffer overflow vulnerability.Due to the insufficient input verification, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has special privilege and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing privilege escalation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 22, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-8179: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix