Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Mate 9 CameraFS Driver Allows System Crash and Privilege Escalation

CVE-2017-2716 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The camerafs driver in Mate 9 Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 has buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application which has the system privilege of the Android system and sends a specific parameter to the driver of the smart phone, causing a system crash or privilege escalation.

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