CVE-2015-8679 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Huawei P8 and Mate S smartphones by triggering an invalid memory access in the Maxim smartpa driver via a crafted application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-8679?
CVE-2015-8679 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Maxim_smartpa_dev driver in Huawei P8 smartphones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B230, GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B230, GRA-CL10 before GRA-CL10C92B230, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B230, and GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B230 and Mate S smartphones with software CRR-TL00 before CRR-TL00C01B160SP01, CRR-UL00 before CRR-UL00C00B160, and CRR-CL00 before CRR-CL00C92B161 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application, which triggers an invalid memory access.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8679?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Mate S Firmware, Huawei P8 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8679?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8679 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-8679 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8679 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2g2j-q43h-638m.