CVE-2017-8169 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Huawei smartphones running software versions earlier than VIE-L09C40B360, specifically impacting the VIE-L09 model and its firmware. This vulnerability stems from insufficient parameter validation, allowing a malicious application with root privileges to send specific parameters to the device. The severity is rated as HIGH (CVSS 7.8), indicating that an attacker could trick a user into installing a malicious app, leading to device restarts or arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< vie-l09c40b360CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:vie-l09_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.