Vulnerability CVE-2017-17171


Published: 2018-06-01

Description:
Some Huawei smart phones have the denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the improper processing of malicious parameters. An attacker may trick a target user into installing a malicious APK and launch attacks using a pre-installed app with specific permissions. Successful exploit could allow the app to send specific parameters to the smart phone driver, which will result in system restart.

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.3/10
6.9/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Huawei -> Mate 8 firmware 
Huawei -> P9 firmware 

 References:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone-en

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