CVE-2017-17307

low-risk
Published 2018-03-20

Some Huawei Smartphones with software of VNS-L21AUTC555B141 have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Due to the lack string terminator of string, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker to read out of bounds and possibly cause the device abnormal.

Do I need to act?

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0.08% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Vns-L21 Firmware

Affected Vendors

Huawei

References (2)

Vendor Advisory http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180314-01-read-en
Vendor Advisory http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180314-01-read-en
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal