CVE-2017-2697: huawei gt3_firmware

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-2697 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in huawei gt3_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 22-11-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The goldeneye driver in NMO-L31C432B120 and earlier versions,NEM-L21C432B100 and earlier versions,NEM-L51C432B120 and earlier versions,KNT-AL10C746B160 and earlier versions,VNS-L21C185B142 and earlier versions,CAM-L21C10B130 and earlier versions,CAM-L21C185B141 and earlier versions has buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of the Android system can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to smart phone to crash the system or escalate privilege.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.