PT-2018-6420 · Huawei · Huawei Smartphone

Published 2018-05-24 · Updated 2018-06-26 · CVE-2017-17158

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Huawei smart phones versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381 Huawei smart phones versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223 Huawei smart phones versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223 Huawei smart phones versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223 Huawei smart phones versions before Prague-L31C432B208 Huawei smart phones versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223

Description: The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially expose information on a user's smart phone by sending specially crafted messages when the phone is connected to a malicious device for charging. This is due to insufficient input validation of the messages.

Recommendations: For versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381, update to a version after Berlin-L21HNC185B381 to resolve the issue. For versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223, update to a version after Prague-AL00AC00B223 to resolve the issue. For versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223, update to a version after Prague-AL00BC00B223 to resolve the issue. For versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223, update to a version after Prague-AL00CC00B223 to resolve the issue. For versions before Prague-L31C432B208, update to a version after Prague-L31C432B208 to resolve the issue. For versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223, update to a version after Prague-TL00AC01B223 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting connections to trusted devices to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17158

Affected Products

Huawei Smartphone

References · 3

• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180523-01-phone-en · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17158 · Security Note