CVE-2017-8164 Denial of service in EVA-AL10; EVA-CL00; EVA-DL00; EVA-L09; EVA-L19; EVA-L29; EVA-TL00; VIE-L09; VIE-L29
Attackers can cause a denial of service in the camera application by tricking users into installing a malicious application on affected 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-2017-8164?
CVE-2017-8164 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. EVA-AL10; EVA-CL00; EVA-DL00; EVA-L09; EVA-L19; EVA-L29; EVA-TL00; VIE-L09; VIE-L29, published on 5 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 smart phones with software EVA-L09C34B142; EVA-L09C40B196; EVA-L09C432B210; EVA-L09C440B138; EVA-L09C464B150; EVA-L09C530B127; EVA-L09C55B190; EVA-L09C576B150; EVA-L09C635B221; EVA-L09C636B193; EVA-L09C675B130; EVA-L09C688B143; EVA-L09C703B160; EVA-L09C706B145; EVA-L09GBRC555B171; EVA-L09IRLC368B160; EVA-L19C10B190; EVA-L19C185B220; EVA-L19C20B160; EVA-L19C432B210; EVA-L19C636B190; EVA-L29C20B160; EVA-L29C636B191; EVA-TL00C01B198; VIE-L09C02B131; VIE-L09C109B181; VIE-L09C113B170; VIE-L09C150B170; VIE-L09C25B120; VIE-L09C40B181; VIE-L09C432B181; VIE-L09C55B170; VIE-L09C605B131; VIE-L09ITAC555B130; VIE-L29C10B170; VIE-L29C185B181; VIE-L29C605B131; VIE-L29C636B202 have a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can trick a user to install a malicious application to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation can cause camera application unusable.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8164?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Huawei Eva-Al10 Firmware, Huawei Eva-Cl00 Firmware, Huawei Eva-Dl00 Firmware, Huawei Eva-L09 Firmware, Huawei Eva-L19 Firmware, Huawei Eva-L29 Firmware and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8164 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-2017-8164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v98m-c8pg-hqwc.