CVE-2017-8182 Memory corruption in Nice-AL00
An attacker can cause an out-of-bounds read in Huawei smartphones by tricking users into installing a malicious application, potentially leading to information disclosure or crashes.
- 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-2017-8182?
CVE-2017-8182 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Nice-AL00, published on 22 Nov 2017. 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
MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of earlier than Nice-AL00C00B160 versions, earlier than Nice-AL10C00B140 versions has a out-of-bound read vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter and cause to memory out-of-bound read.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8182?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8182?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8182 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-8182 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8182 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Nice-AL00
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5rwc-fxwj-4432.