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CVE-2017-17171
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-01T14:29:00.207 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:29.800

Summary

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.

Affected products

huawei — mate_8_firmware

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References

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