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Medium severity4.2NVD Advisory· Published Jun 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17171

CVE-2017-17171

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.

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Affected products

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  • Huawei/smartphonellm-create
  • Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./HUAWEI Mate 8; HUAWEI P9; HUAWEI P9 Plusv5
    Range: HUAWEI Mate 8 Versions earlier than NXT-AL10C00B592
  • Huawei/Mate 8 Firmware
    cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <nxt-al10c00b593
  • Huawei/P9 Firmware2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <eva-al00c00b398
    • cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p9_plus_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <vie-l09c318b182

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