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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17131 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:22:09.669Z

Reserved: 2017-04-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8169

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-22T19:29:03.943

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8169

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