CVE-2017-17163 Memory corruption in Secospace USG6600
An authenticated local attacker can cause a denial of service on Huawei Secospace USG6600 devices via out-of-bounds memory access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17163?
CVE-2017-17163 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware, published on 15 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei Secospace USG6600 V500R001C30SPC100 has an Out-of-Bounds memory access vulnerability due to insufficient verification. An authenticated local attacker can make processing crash by executing some commands. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17163?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17163?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-17163 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17163 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-59rw-768x-rhf2.