{"id":"CVE-2017-8170","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8170","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:17:08.666Z","title":"Huawei smart phones with software earlier than VIE-L09C40B360 versions have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation.","description":"Huawei smart phones with software earlier than VIE-L09C40B360 versions have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege; the APP can send a specific parameter to the smart phone, causing the smartphone restart or arbitrary code execution.","published":"2017-11-22T19:29:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:25:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@huawei.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["huawei/vie-l09 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01001,"percentile":0.62688,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171025-01-overflow-en","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@huawei.com"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171025-01-overflow-en","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8170","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}