CVE-2017-17171

Summary

CVECVE-2017-17171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-01 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-27 13:36:00 UTC
DescriptionSome Huawei smart phones have the denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the improper processing of malicious parameters. An attacker may trick a target user into installing a malicious APK and launch attacks using a pre-installed app with specific permissions. Successful exploit could allow the app to send specific parameters to the smart phone driver, which will result in system restart.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Huawei Mate 8 - All All All
Hardware Huawei Mate 8 - All All All
Operating System Huawei Mate 8 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Huawei Mate 8 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Huawei P9 - All All All
Hardware Huawei P9 - All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Huawei P9 Plus - All All All
Hardware Huawei P9 Plus - All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Plus Firmware All All All All
Operating System Huawei P9 Plus Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone CONFIRM www.huawei.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smart Phones MISC www.huawei.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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