# CVE-2017-8183: Information disclosure in Nice-AL00

> An attacker can leak sensitive information by tricking a user into installing a malicious app that triggers arbitrary memory access on Huawei smartphones.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2wg8-j75p-4mrm

## What is CVE-2017-8183?

CVE-2017-8183 is a medium-severity 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 any memory access vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to cause to any memory access vulnerabilities, leading to sensitive information leakage.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8183?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Mtk Platform Smart Phone Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-8183?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8183 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-8183 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8183 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Nice-AL00

- [CVE-2017-8179](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8179/): Memory corruption in Nice-AL00 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-8180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8180/): Memory corruption in Nice-AL00 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-8181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8181/): Memory corruption in Nice-AL00 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-8182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8182/): Memory corruption in Nice-AL00 (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-8184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8184/): Information disclosure in Nice-AL00 (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-8183 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-8183 is a medium-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8183 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Nice-AL00. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8183/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8183/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8183
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8183
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8183

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