PT-2018-6429 · Huawei · Huawei Smartphone

Published 2018-06-14 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-17172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Huawei smart phones LYO-L21 version LYO-L21C479B107

Description: The issue allows an authenticated, local attacker to potentially obtain higher privileges on the smart phones. This can be achieved by crafting malformed packets after tricking a user into installing a malicious application, which can then be exploited during the exception handling process.

Recommendations: For Huawei smart phones LYO-L21 version LYO-L21C479B107, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-755

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17172

Affected Products

Huawei Smartphone

References · 2

• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180613-01-smartphone-en · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17172 · Security Note