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CVE-2017-8207

Q: Is CVE-2017-8207 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-8207 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.0% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-8207?

CVE-2017-8207 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2017-11-22
Fixed innem-al10c00b356
WeaknessCWE-119

Am I affected?

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Description

The driver of honor 5C, honor 6x Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than NEM-AL10C00B356, versions earlier than Berlin-L21HNC432B360 have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious APP which has the root privilege of the Android system, the APP can send a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system reboot or arbitrary code execution.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2017-11-2219:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-8207?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-8207?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Huawei honor 5c firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	< nem-al10c00b356	nem-al10c00b356	NVD

Huawei honor 6x firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	< berlin-l21hnc432b360	berlin-l21hnc432b360	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Update Huawei honor 5c firmware to nem-al10c00b356

Advisories and patches

www.huawei.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.07.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-119read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.0 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2017-11-22
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8207?

Is CVE-2017-8207 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-8207 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.0% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-8207?

CVE-2017-8207 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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