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CVE-2017-8159

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
Publication date:
22/11/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

Some Huawei smartphones with software AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:agassi-l09hn_firmware:ags-l09c233b019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:agassi-l09hn:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:agassi-w09hn_firmware:ags-w09c233b019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:agassi-w09hn:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:kobe-l09ahn_firmware:kob-l09c233b017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:kobe-l09ahn:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:kobe-w09chn_firmware:kob-w09c233b012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:kobe-w09chn:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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