PT-2018-6421 · Huawei · Huawei Smartphone

Published 2018-02-15 · Updated 2018-03-14 · CVE-2017-17159

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Huawei smart phones with software of NXT-AL10C00B386 Huawei smart phones with software of NXT-CL00C92B386 Huawei smart phones with software of NXT-DL00C17B386 Huawei smart phones with software of NXT-TL00C01B386SP01 Huawei smart phones with software of NTS-AL00C00B535

Description: The issue is due to insufficient input validation, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to send malformed System Information (SI) messages to the smart phone within radio range using a special wireless device. Successful exploitation could cause the smart phone to restart.

Recommendations: For NXT-AL10C00B386, update the software to a version that addresses the insufficient input validation issue. For NXT-CL00C92B386, update the software to a version that addresses the insufficient input validation issue. For NXT-DL00C17B386, update the software to a version that addresses the insufficient input validation issue. For NXT-TL00C01B386SP01, update the software to a version that addresses the insufficient input validation issue. For NTS-AL00C00B535, update the software to a version that addresses the insufficient input validation issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17159

Affected Products

Huawei Smartphone

References · 3

• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171220-02-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17159 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17159 · Vendor Advisory