Huawei P9/Honor 6 Video Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Huawei P9 and Honor 6. This affects an unknown part of the component Video Driver. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-8759. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei P9 and Honor 6 (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Video Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

Video driver in Huawei P9 phones with software versions before EVA-AL10C00B192 and Huawei Honor 6 phones with software versions before H60-L02_6.10.1 has a stack overflow vulnerability, which allows attackers to crash the system or escalate user privilege.

The bug was discovered 10/12/2016. The weakness was published 04/02/2017 with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-8759 since 10/18/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 172 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 93530†). Similar entries are available at VDB-99201 and VDB-99202. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/12/2016 🔍
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10/18/2016 +6 days 🔍
04/02/2017 +166 days 🔍
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04/03/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/24/2022 +2061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20161012-01
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8759 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8759
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99200
SecurityFocus: 93530 - Multiple Huawei Smart Phones Drivers Stack Buffer Overflow and Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8759 - Huawei - Multiple Products - Buffer Overflow Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2017 09:03
Updated: 11/24/2022 14:19
Changes: 04/03/2017 09:03 (61), 08/25/2020 08:35 (6), 11/24/2022 14:19 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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