TI-2017-05754 Aliases CVE-2017-8179 GHSA-hgxx-42w2-h2hx

Memory corruption in Huawei Nice-AL00

LOW 36CWE-119Published 2017-11-22 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The camera driver of MTK platform in Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 has a buffer overflow vulnerability.Due to the insufficient input verification, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has special privilege and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing privilege escalation.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00806 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Huawei	Nice-AL00	Versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155	—	No fix listed	CNA

Nice-AL00 VendorHuawei Affected Versions earlier than Nice-AL00C00B155 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware::::::::	before nice-al00c00b155	Vulnerable	Huawei
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Huawei

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before nice-al00c00b155 Vulnerable ·Huawei
cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mtk_platform_smart_phone:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8179
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hgxx-42w2-h2hx

References

Advisory 1

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170919-01-mtk-en

TI-2017-05756 Memory corruption in Huawei Nice-AL00 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2017-05755 Memory corruption in Huawei Nice-AL00 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2017-05757 Out-of-bounds read in Huawei Nice-AL00 CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2017-05759 Memory corruption in Huawei Nice-AL00 CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2017-05758 Information disclosure in Huawei Nice-AL00 CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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