CVE-2017-17171 Denial of service in HUAWEI Mate 8; HUAWEI P9; HUAWEI P9 Plus
Attackers can cause system restarts on Huawei smartphones by tricking users into installing a malicious APK that exploits improper parameter processing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17171?
CVE-2017-17171 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in HUAWEI Mate 8; HUAWEI P9; HUAWEI P9 Plus, published on 1 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Some 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17171?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Mate 8 Firmware, Huawei P9 Firmware, Huawei P9 Plus Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17171?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-17171 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17171 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HUAWEI Mate 8; HUAWEI P9; HUAWEI P9 Plus
- CVE-2016-5230 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2016-5231 Missing authorization in n/a
- CVE-2016-3680 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2016-3681 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2016-8791 Privilege escalation in Mate 8,Mate S,P8 Versions before NXT-AL10C00B386,Versions before NXT-CL00C92B386,Versions before NXT-DL00C17B386,Versions before NXT-TL00C01B386,Versions before CRR-CL00C92B368,Versions before CRR-CL20C92B368,Versions before CRR-TL00C01B368,Versions before CRR-UL00C00B368,Versions before CRR-UL20C00B368,Versions before GRA-TL00C01B366,Versions before GRA-CL00C92B366,Versions before GRA-CL10C92B366,Versions before GRA-UL00C00B366,Versions before GRA-UL10C00B366
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5fxj-3vg5-qmf8.