What is CVE-2017-17164?

CVE-2017-17164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Secospace Antiddos8000, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-17164?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Secospace Antiddos8000

CVE-2017-17164

Huawei Secospace AntiDDoS8000 V500R001C20SPC500 have a memory leak vulnerability due to memory don't be released when the system open some function. An attacker could exploit it to cause memory leak, which may further lead to system exceptions.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Secospace Antiddos8000
Huawei Secospace Antiddos8000 Firmware — versions v500r001c20spc500
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Secospace Antiddos8000 — versions V500R001C20SPC500

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171213-01-antidos-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17164?: CVE-2017-17164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Secospace Antiddos8000, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-17164?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.