CVE-2017-8180: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Nov 22 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: psirt@huawei.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Huawei Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware | <nice-al00c00b155 | |
| Huawei Mtk Platform Smart Phone |
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