CVE-2017-2709 Denial of service in HiGame, SkyTone
Attackers can cause denial of service in Huawei HiGame and SkyTone apps by sending malformed packets after tricking users into installing malicious software.
- 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-2017-2709?
CVE-2017-2709 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HiGame, SkyTone, published on 22 Nov 2017. 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
HiGame with software earlier than 7.3.0 versions, SkyTone with software earlier than 8.1.1 versions have a DoS Vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, the attacker can send malformed packets to the device. Due to the lack of adequate input validation of APPs, which causes the APPs Denial of Service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2709?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Higame, Huawei Skytone.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2709?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2709 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-2017-2709 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2709 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qh5g-w55q-99jq.