CVE-2017-17171 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone-en

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.2