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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-8159

CVE-2017-8159

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.

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Affected products

5
  • Huawei/Agassi L09hn Firmware
    cpe:2.3:o:huawei:agassi-l09hn_firmware:ags-l09c233b019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Huawei/Agassi W09hn Firmware
    cpe:2.3:o:huawei:agassi-w09hn_firmware:ags-w09c233b019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Huawei/Kobe L09ahn Firmware
    cpe:2.3:o:huawei:kobe-l09ahn_firmware:kob-l09c233b017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Huawei/Kobe W09chn Firmware
    cpe:2.3:o:huawei:kobe-w09chn_firmware:kob-w09c233b012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Agassi-L09HN,Agassi-W09HN,Kobe-L09AHN,Kobe-W09CHN,v5
    Range: AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012

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