CVE-2017-8175 Denial of service in Vicky-AL00A,Victoria-AL00A,Warsaw-AL00
A malicious app can trigger a system reboot on Huawei phones by exploiting insufficient input validation in the Bastet component.
- 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-2017-8175?
CVE-2017-8175 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00A,Victoria-AL00A,Warsaw-AL00, 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 Bastet of some Huawei mobile phones with software earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B167 versions, earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B167 versions, earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B191 versions has an insufficient input validation vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific parameter to cause system reboot.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8175?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Vicky-Al00a, Huawei Victoria-Al00a, Huawei Warsaw-Al00.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8175?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8175 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-2017-8175 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-93vm-vr25-rpf7.