CVE-2017-17158 Information disclosure in Berlin-L21HN; Prague-AL00A; Prague-AL00B; Prague-AL00C; Prague-L31; Prague-TL00A; Prague-TL10A
An attacker can expose sensitive information by sending crafted messages when a Huawei smartphone connects to a malicious charging device.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17158?
CVE-2017-17158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Berlin-L21HN; Prague-AL00A; Prague-AL00B; Prague-AL00C; Prague-L31; Prague-TL00A; Prague-TL10A, published on 24 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223; the versions before Prague-L31C432B208; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223 have an information exposure vulnerability. When the user's smart phone connects to the malicious device for charging, an unauthenticated attacker may activate some specific function by sending some specially crafted messages. Due to insufficient input validation of the messages, successful exploit may cause information exposure.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17158?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Huawei Berlin-L21hn Firmware, Huawei Prague-Al00a Firmware, Huawei Prague-Al00b Firmware, Huawei Prague-Al00c Firmware, Huawei Prague-L31 Firmware, Huawei Prague-Tl00a Firmware and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17158?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17158 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-17158 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17158 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v5q8-jp9h-qfqv.