What is CVE-2017-15338?

CVE-2017-15338 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Dp300, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-15338?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Huawei Dp300

CVE-2017-15338

The SIP module in Huawei DP300 V500R002C00, IPS Module V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NGFW Module V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R002C00, V500R002C10, NIP6300 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6800 V500R001C50, RP200 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, SVN5600 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800-C V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SeMG9811 V300R001C01, Secospace USG6300 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6500 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6600 V100R001C00, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, TE30 V100R001C02, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE40 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE50 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE60 V100R001C01, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, USG9500 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, USG9520 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9560 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9580 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, VP9660 V200R001C02, V200R001C30, V500R002C00, V500R002C10, ViewPoint 8660 V100R008C03, ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02, V100R011C03, eSpace U1981 V100R001C20, V200R003C00, V200R003C20, V200R003C30 has a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker would have to find a way to craft specific messages to the affected products. Due to the insufficient validation for SIP messages, successful exploit may cause services abnormal.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Dp300
Huawei Dp300 Firmware — versions v500r002c00
Huawei Espace U1981
Huawei Espace U1981 Firmware — versions v100r001c20, v200r003c00, v200r003c20
Huawei Ips Module
Huawei Ips Module Firmware — versions v100r001c10, v100r001c20, v100r001c30
Huawei Ngfw Module
Huawei Ngfw Module Firmware — versions v100r001c10, v100r001c20, v100r001c30
Huawei Nip6300
Huawei Nip6300 Firmware — versions v500r001c00, v500r001c20, v500r001c30

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171201-01-sip-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15338?: CVE-2017-15338 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Dp300, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-15338?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.