# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qh5g-w55q-99jq

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2709?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2017-2709 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2017-2709 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HiGame, SkyTone. 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-2017-2709/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2709/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2709
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2709
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2709

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