CVE-2015-8088
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHeap-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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHeap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the HIFI audio driver on Huawei Mate 7 and P8 devices allows a malicious application to overflow heap memory, potentially causing device reboot (DoS) or arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= gra-cl10= gra-cl100= gra-tl00= gra-ul10= gra-ul100= mt7-cl00= mt7-tl00= mt7-tl10= mt7-ul00CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify device modelCheck if the device is a Huawei P8 or Huawei Mate 7 by going to Settings > About Phone > Device name or model numberAffected if Device is not a Huawei P8 or Mate 7 (not affected)
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Check firmware version for Huawei P8Go to Settings > About Phone > Version number and compare against gra-cl10, gra-cl100, gra-tl00, gra-ul10, or gra-ul100Affected if Firmware version matches any of gra-cl10, gra-cl100, gra-tl00, gra-ul10, or gra-ul100 (affected)
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Check firmware version for Huawei Mate 7Go to Settings > About Phone > Version number and compare against mt7-cl00, mt7-tl00, mt7-tl10, or mt7-ul00Affected if Firmware version matches any of mt7-cl00, mt7-tl00, mt7-tl10, or mt7-ul00 (affected)
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Verify HIFI audio driver presenceCheck if the device has HIFI audio functionality enabled in Settings > Sound > Dolby or similar audio enhancement settings (the vulnerability exists in the HIFI audio driver component)Affected if HIFI audio driver is present and active on an affected firmware version (potentially affected)
The device is affected only if it is a Huawei P8 or Mate 7 with a firmware version matching one of the specific builds listed (gra-xxx for P8, mt7-xxx for Mate 7).
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-provided firmware updates to patch the affected software versions; users should avoid installing applications from untrusted sources to reduce exploitation risk.
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