Huawei TechnologiesHUAWEI-SA-20170302-01-SMARTPHONESecurity Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the Boot Loaders of Huawei Mobile Phones
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
42.8%
The boot loaders of some Huawei mobile phones have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific data to cause buffer overflow in the next system reboot, causing continuous system reboot or arbitrary code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-12093)
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2017-2729.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-en
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| huawei | honor_5a_firmware | * | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| huawei | p8_lite_firmware | * | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
42.8%