CVE-2017-2711 Denial of service in P9 Plus
A malicious application can crash the Huawei P9 Plus system via input validation flaws in the touchscreen driver, requiring user installation of the app.
- 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-2017-2711?
CVE-2017-2711 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus, 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
P9 Plus smartphones with software earlier than VIE-AL10C00B352 versions have an input validation vulnerability in the touchscreen Driver. An attacker can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to smart phone to crash the system.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2711?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei P9 Plus Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2711?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2711 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-2017-2711 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2711 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4639-4gpg-763x.