Out-of-bounds Read in Huawei Vns-L21
CVE-2017-17306
Some Huawei Smartphones with software of VNS-L21AUTC555B141, VNS-L21C10B160, VNS-L21C66B160, VNS-L21C703B140 have an array out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Due to the lack verification of array, an attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can exploit the vulnerability and make attacker to read out of bounds of array and possibly cause the device abnormal.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (43.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Huawei Vns-L21
- Huawei Vns-L21 Firmware — versions vns-l21autc555b141, vns-l21c10b160, vns-l21c66b160
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vns-L21 — versions VNS-L21AUTC555B141, VNS-L21C10B160, VNS-L21C66B160, VNS-L21C703B140
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-17306?
- CVE-2017-17306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Vns-L21, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-20.
- How severe is CVE-2017-17306?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.