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CVE-2017-2697

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2697 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the goldeneye driver affecting several Huawei smartphone models, including the GT3, Honor 5C, P9 Lite, and Y6II. An attacker with root privileges on the Android system could trick a user into installing a malicious application. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk, as it could lead to system crashes or privilege escalation with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= nmo-l31c432b120CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:gt3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= nem-l51c432b120CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= knt-al10c746b160CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:knt_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= vns-l21c185b142CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p9_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= cam-l21c10b130CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:y6ii_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

huawei.com / en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170208-02-smartphone-en
Vendor Advisory