VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8159

Some Huawei smartphones with software AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012 have a type confusion vulnerability.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.03%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Some Huawei smartphones with software AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012 have a type confusion vulnerability. The program initializes a variable using one type, but it later accesses that variable using a type that is different with the original type when do certain register operation. Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution.

CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-704
Affected: huawei/agassi-l09hn firmware · huawei/agassi-w09hn firmware · huawei/kobe-l09ahn firmware · huawei/kobe-w09chn firmware
Source: psirt@huawei.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.