CVE-2017-8172 Denial of service in P10 Plus,P10

Medium 5.5 Published 22 Nov 2017 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A malicious application can trigger an out-of-bounds array access in the Isub service, causing the smartphone to restart.

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-2017-8172?

CVE-2017-8172 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P10 Plus,P10, 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

Isub service in P10 Plus and P10 smart phones with earlier than VKY-AL00C00B157 versions and earlier than VTR-AL00C00B157 versions has a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can send given parameter to specific interface, which make a out-of-bounds array access that results in smart phone restart.

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8172?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei P10 Firmware, Huawei P10 Plus Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8172 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-2017-8172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g8mq-wmf4-5mwp.