# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-59rw-768x-rhf2

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17163?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2017-17162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17162/): Denial of service in Secospace USG6600, Secospace USG6600, Secospace USG6600, USG9500, USG9500, USG9500 (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-17163 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17163/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17163
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17163
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17163

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