Huawei Smart Phone Application input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Huawei Smart Phone. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation as part of Application results in input validation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-8164. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Some Huawei smart phones with software EVA-L09C34B142; EVA-L09C40B196; EVA-L09C432B210; EVA-L09C440B138; EVA-L09C464B150; EVA-L09C530B127; EVA-L09C55B190; EVA-L09C576B150; EVA-L09C635B221; EVA-L09C636B193; EVA-L09C675B130; EVA-L09C688B143; EVA-L09C703B160; EVA-L09C706B145; EVA-L09GBRC555B171; EVA-L09IRLC368B160; EVA-L19C10B190; EVA-L19C185B220; EVA-L19C20B160; EVA-L19C432B210; EVA-L19C636B190; EVA-L29C20B160; EVA-L29C636B191; EVA-TL00C01B198; VIE-L09C02B131; VIE-L09C109B181; VIE-L09C113B170; VIE-L09C150B170; VIE-L09C25B120; VIE-L09C40B181; VIE-L09C432B181; VIE-L09C55B170; VIE-L09C605B131; VIE-L09ITAC555B130; VIE-L29C10B170; VIE-L29C185B181; VIE-L29C605B131; VIE-L29C636B202 have a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to install a malicious application to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation can cause camera application unusable.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2017. The weakness was released 03/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-8164 since 04/25/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/16/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 96 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/25/2017 🔍
11/29/2017 +218 days 🔍
03/05/2018 +96 days 🔍
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03/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/16/2023 +1808 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20171129-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8164 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8164
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114081

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2018 07:58
Updated: 02/16/2023 22:41
Changes: 03/06/2018 07:58 (56), 01/10/2020 15:16 (2), 02/16/2023 22:41 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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