CVE-2017-17171

Published Jun 1, 2018

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
psirt@huawei.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.2
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
0.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.3
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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