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
2- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./HUAWEI Mate 8; HUAWEI P9; HUAWEI P9 Plusv5Range: HUAWEI Mate 8 Versions earlier than NXT-AL10C00B592
Patches
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