High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8180
CVE-2017-8180
Description
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <nice-al00c00b155
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Nice-AL00v5Range: Versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-ennvdVendor Advisory
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