# CVE-2017-8201: Denial of service in MAX PRESENCE,TP3106,TP3206,

> An authenticated attacker can cause a denial of service in Huawei video conferencing devices by sending crafted H.323 packets that trigger a memory leak.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wmp9-g2j8-5f3p

## What is CVE-2017-8201?

CVE-2017-8201 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. MAX PRESENCE,TP3106,TP3206,, published on 22 Nov 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

MAX PRESENCE V100R001C00, TP3106 V100R002C00, TP3206 V100R002C00 have an a memory leak vulnerability in H323 protocol. An attacker logs in to the system as a user and send crafted packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient verification of the packets, successful exploit could cause a memory leak and eventual denial of service (DoS) condition.

Weakness: CWE-772 (Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8201?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Huawei Max Presence Firmware, Huawei Tp3106 Firmware, Huawei Tp3206 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-8201?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-8201 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8201 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. MAX PRESENCE,TP3106,TP3206,

- [CVE-2017-8199](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8199/): Denial of service in MAX PRESENCE,TP3106,TP3206, (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-8200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8200/): Denial of service in MAX PRESENCE,TP3106,TP3206 (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-8201 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-8201 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. MAX PRESENCE,TP3106,TP3206,, published on 22 Nov 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8201 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. MAX PRESENCE,TP3106,TP3206,. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8201/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8201/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8201
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8201
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8201

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