Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2017-17201


Some huawei smartphones with software BTV-DL09C233B350, Berlin-L21HNC432B360, Berlin-L22HNC636B360, Berlin-L24HNC567B360, Berlin-L21C10B130, Berlin-L21C185B132, Berlin-L21C464B130, Berlin-L22C346B140, Berlin-L22C636B160, Berlin-L23C605B131, Berlin-L23DOMC109B160, MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a DoS vulnerability. Due to insufficient input validation, an attacker could trick a user to execute a malicious application, which could be exploited by attacker to launch DoS attacks.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 12 products from huawei, from huawei, from huawei and 9 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2018, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.


Published

2018-02-15T16:29:02.627

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:17:40.330

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System huawei btv-emui5.0_firmware btv-dl09c233b350 Yes
Hardware huawei btv-emui5.0 - No
Operating System huawei berlin-emui5.0_firmware berlin-l21hnc432b360 Yes
Operating System huawei berlin-emui5.0_firmware berlin-l22hnc636b360 Yes
Operating System huawei berlin-emui5.0_firmware berlin-l24hnc567b360 Yes
Hardware huawei berlin-emui5.0 - No
Operating System huawei berlin-l21_firmware berlin-l21c10b130 Yes
Operating System huawei berlin-l21_firmware berlin-l21c185b132 Yes
Operating System huawei berlin-l21_firmware berlin-l21c464b130 Yes
Hardware huawei berlin-l21 - No
Operating System huawei berlin-l22_firmware berlin-l22c346b140 Yes
Operating System huawei berlin-l22_firmware berlin-l22c636b160 Yes
Hardware huawei berlin-l22 - No
Operating System huawei berlin-l23_firmware berlin-l23c605b131 Yes
Operating System huawei berlin-l23_firmware berlin-l23domc109b160 Yes
Hardware huawei berlin-l23 - No
Operating System huawei mha-al00a_firmware mha-al00ac00b125 Yes
Hardware huawei mha-al00a - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For huawei's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.