CVE-2015-8088 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.8% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the HIFI driver in Huawei Mate 7 phones with software MT7-UL00 before MT7-UL00C17B354, MT7-TL10 before MT7-TL10C00B354, MT7-TL00 before MT7-TL00C01B354, and MT7-CL00 before MT7-CL00C92B354 and P8 phones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B220SP01, GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B220, GRA-CL10 before GRA-CL10C92B220, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B220, and GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B220 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted application.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.81% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-01-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| huawei | mate 7 |
| huawei | mate 7 firmware |
| huawei | p8 |
| huawei | p8 firmware |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Huawei Mate 7 - '/dev/hifi_misc' Privilege Escalation | 2016-01-24 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD