High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8204
CVE-2017-8204
Description
The Bastet driver of Honor 9 Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Stanford-AL10C00B175 has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege; the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing arbitrary code execution
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <stanford-al10c00b175
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./Honor 9v5Range: Versions earlier than Stanford-AL10C00B175
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170914-01-smartphone-ennvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101962nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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