The boot loaders in Honor 5A smart phones with software Versions earlier than CAM-TL00C01B193,Versions earlier than CAM-TL00HC00B193,Versio…

published 2017-11-22 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11872

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

The boot loaders in Honor 5A smart phones with software Versions earlier than CAM-TL00C01B193,Versions earlier than CAM-TL00HC00B193,Versions earlier than CAM-UL00C00B193 have a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of an Android system may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific data to cause buffer overflow in the next system reboot, causing continuous system reboot or arbitrary code execution.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

huawei honor_5a_firmware cam-tl00c01b193, cam-tl00hc00b193, cam-ul00c00b193
huawei p8_lite_firmware ale-l02c635b568, ale-l21c10b541, ale-l21c185b568, ale-l21c432b596, ale-l21c464b595, ale-l21c636b568, ale-l23c605b535

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Honor 5A

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

huawei.com /en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170302-01-smartphone-en
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/96526
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-2729
NVD CVE-2017-2729

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Summary