9.3

CVE-2017-8159: huawei technologies co., ltd. agassi-l09hn,agassi-w09hn,kobe-l09ahn,kobe-w09chn, Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
Published 22-11-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8159 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast vulnerability in huawei technologies co., ltd. agassi-l09hn,agassi-w09hn,kobe-l09ahn,kobe-w09chn,. EPSS estimates a 1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.03%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-11-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Some Huawei smartphones with software AGS-L09C233B019,AGS-W09C233B019,KOB-L09C233B017,KOB-W09C233B012 have a type confusion vulnerability. The program initializes a variable using one type, but it later accesses that variable using a type that is different with the original type when do certain register operation. Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.03% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.03%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Huawei4 products
Huawei technologies co., ltd.1 product

2 vendors · 5 products

References

1 links