What is CVE-2017-8213?

CVE-2017-8213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Smc2.0, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8213?

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

Vulnerability in Huawei Smc2.0

CVE-2017-8213

Huawei SMC2.0 with software of V100R003C10, V100R005C00SPC100, V100R005C00SPC101B001T, V100R005C00SPC102, V100R005C00SPC103, V100R005C00SPC200, V100R005C00SPC201T, V500R002C00, V600R006C00 has an input validation vulnerability when handle TLS and DTLS handshake with certificate. Due to the insufficient validation of received PKI certificates, remote attackers could exploit this vulnerability to crash the TLS module.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.006 (47.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Huawei Smc2.0
Huawei Smc2.0_firmware — versions v100r003c10, v100r005c00spc100, v100r005c00spc101b001t
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Smc2.0 — versions V100R003C10,V100R005C00SPC100,V100R005C00SPC101B001T,V100R005C00SPC102,V100R005C00SPC103,V100R005C00SPC200,V100R005C00SPC201T,V500R002C00,V600R006C00,

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8213?: CVE-2017-8213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Smc2.0, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8213?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.