CVE-2017-17307 Information disclosure in VNS-L21
A malicious application can exploit an out-of-bounds read vulnerability to disclose memory contents and potentially cause device instability on Huawei smartphones.
- 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-2017-17307?
CVE-2017-17307 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VNS-L21, published on 20 Mar 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 of VNS-L21AUTC555B141 have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Due to the lack string terminator of string, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker to read out of bounds and possibly cause the device abnormal.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17307?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Vns-L21 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17307?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17307 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-17307 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17307 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VNS-L21
Sources
Also known as GHSA-47p4-jrmw-xq88.