A vulnerability was found in Huawei VIE-L09 (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation as part of a Parameter leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei smart phones with software earlier than VIE-L09C40B360 versions have 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 smart phone, causing the smartphone restart or arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2017. The weakness was disclosed 11/22/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-8170 since 04/25/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 28 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry 109906 is pretty similar.

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• VIE-L09

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• commercial

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