CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-2716

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The camerafs driver in Mate 9 Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 has a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user into installing a malicious application, leading to a system crash or privilege escalation.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can lead to serious consequences, such as system crashes or unauthorized access to system privileges, jeopardizing user data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the device to the latest software version to mitigate this vulnerability and to avoid installing applications from unknown sources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The camerafs driver in Mate 9 Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 has buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has the system privilege of the Android system and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system crash or privilege escalation.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS