CVE-2017-2731 Denial of service in P9 Plus
An attacker can crash the Huawei P9 Plus system by tricking a user into installing a malicious app that exploits the vibrator service.
- 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-2017-2731?
CVE-2017-2731 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
The vibrator service in P9 Plus smart phones with software versions earlier before VIE-AL10C00B386 has DoS vulnerability. An attacker can tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to smart phone vibrator service interface to crash the system.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2731?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei P9 Plus Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2731?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2731 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-2017-2731 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2731 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q33q-57p3-8gx8.