CVE-2017-17201 Denial of service in BTV-EMUI5.0,Berlin-EMUI5.0,Berlin-L21,Berlin-L22,Berlin-L23,MHA-AL00A
Attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei smartphones by tricking users into executing malicious applications due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17201?
CVE-2017-17201 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. BTV-EMUI5.0,Berlin-EMUI5.0,Berlin-L21,Berlin-L22,Berlin-L23,MHA-AL00A, published on 15 Feb 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 smartphones with software BTV-DL09C233B350, Berlin-L21HNC432B360, Berlin-L22HNC636B360, Berlin-L24HNC567B360, Berlin-L21C10B130, Berlin-L21C185B132, Berlin-L21C464B130, Berlin-L22C346B140, Berlin-L22C636B160, Berlin-L23C605B131, Berlin-L23DOMC109B160, MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a DoS vulnerability. Due to insufficient input validation, an attacker could trick a user to execute a malicious application, which could be exploited by attacker to launch DoS attacks.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17201?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Huawei Berlin-Emui5.0 Firmware, Huawei Berlin-L21 Firmware, Huawei Berlin-L22 Firmware, Huawei Berlin-L23 Firmware, Huawei Btv-Emui5.0 Firmware, Huawei Mha-Al00a Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17201 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-2017-17201 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17201 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8867-wc5p-w5q4.