CVE-2017-17171
Some Huawei smart phones have the denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the improper processing of malicious parameters. An…
- 4.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By huawei
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 59% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Affected products
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · HUAWEI Mate 8; HUAWEI P9; HUAWEI P9 Plus
- affected HUAWEI Mate 8 Versions earlier than NXT-AL10C00B592
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-CL00C92B592
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-DL00C17B592
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-L09AC636B220
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-L09C185B582
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-L09C432B581
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-L09C605B585
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-L29C10B580
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-L29C185B582
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-L29C636B589
- affected Versions earlier than NXT-TL00C01B592
- affected HUAWEI P9 Versions earlier than EVA-AL00C00B398
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B398
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-CL00C92B398
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-DL00C17B398
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L09C185B391
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L09C432B395
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L09C464B383
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L09C605B392
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L09C635B391
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L09C636B388
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L19C10B394
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L19C432B392
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L19C605B390
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L19C636B393
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-L29C636B389
- affected Versions earlier than EVA-TL00C01B398
- affected HUAWEI P9 Plus Versions earlier than VIE-L09C318B182
- affected Versions earlier than VIE-L09C432B380
- affected Versions earlier than VIE-L09C576B180
- affected Versions earlier than VIE-L29C605B370
- affected Versions earlier than VIE-L29C636B388
References
References1
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-8337 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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