Denial of Service Vulnerability in P10 and P10 Plus Smartphones from Huawei
CVE-2017-8146

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

McAfee
Status
P10, P10 Plus
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2017

What is CVE-2017-8146?

The Call module in the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus smartphones, particularly in software versions before VTR-AL00C00B167, VTR-TL00C01B167, VKY-AL00C00B167, and VKY-TL00C01B167, is susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to deceive users into installing malicious applications that can manipulate the call module. By sending specific parameters, these malicious apps can disrupt the call and data communication features of the smartphones, leading to service interruptions.

Affected Version(s)

P10, P10 Plus The versions before VTR-AL00C00B167, The versions before VTR-TL00C01B167, The versions before VKY-AL00C00B167, The vertions before VKY-TL00C01B167

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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