Huawei Nice-AL00 Camera Driver Application memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei Nice-AL00. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Camera Driver. This manipulation as part of Application causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-8179. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Nice-AL00 (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Camera Driver. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 09/19/2017. The weakness was published 11/22/2017 by Guang Gong (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-8179 since 04/25/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 64 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 101956†). Similar entries are available at VDB-109916 and VDB-109917. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/25/2017 🔍
09/19/2017 +147 days 🔍
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11/22/2017 +64 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20170919-01
Researcher: Guang Gong
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109915
SecurityFocus: 101956 - Huawei Smart Phones CVE-2017-8179 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 16:47
Updated: 01/16/2023 08:15
Changes: 11/23/2017 16:47 (60), 12/10/2019 10:52 (5), 01/16/2023 08:15 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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