What is CVE-2017-2712?

CVE-2017-2712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei S3300, classified under CWE-417. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-2712?

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

Vulnerability in Huawei S3300

CVE-2017-2712

S3300 V100R006C05 have an Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) flapping vulnerability due to the lack of type-length-value (TLV) consistency check. An attacker may craft malformed packets and send them to a device to cause EFM flapping.

Published 2017-11-22 · 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: 0.011 (65.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei S3300
Huawei S3300 Firmware — versions v100r006c05
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. S3300 — versions V100R006C05

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-417

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95662 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170118-01-vrp-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2712?: CVE-2017-2712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei S3300, classified under CWE-417. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-2712?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.