High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-2729

Description

The boot loaders in Honor 5A smart phones with software Versions earlier than CAM-TL00C01B193,Versions earlier than CAM-TL00HC00B193,Versions earlier than CAM-UL00C00B193 have a buffer overflow vulnerability. 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.

Affected products

Huawei/Honor 5a Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <cam-tl00c01b193
Huawei/P8 Lite Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <ale-l02c635b568
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Honor 5Av5
Range: Versions earlier than CAM-TL00C01B193,Versions earlier than CAM-TL00HC00B193,Versions earlier than CAM-UL00C00B193

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-ennvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96526nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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