5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-8144
Huawei Smartphones Flash-Light Resource Exhaustion vulnerability
Description

Honor 5A,Honor 8 Lite,Mate9,Mate9 Pro,P10,P10 Plus Huawei smartphones with software the versions before CAM-L03C605B143CUSTC605D003,the versions before Prague-L03C605B161,the versions before Prague-L23C605B160,the versions before MHA-AL00C00B225,the versions before LON-AL00C00B225,the versions before VTR-AL00C00B167,the versions before VTR-TL00C01B167,the versions before VKY-AL00C00B167,the versions before VKY-TL00C01B167 have a resource exhaustion vulnerability due to configure setting. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, the application may turn on the device flash-light and rapidly drain the device battery.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 22, 2017, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8144 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Huawei p10_firmware
2 Huawei honor_5a_firmware
3 Huawei mate_9_pro_firmware
4 Huawei p10_plus_firmware
5 Huawei mate_9_firmware
6 Huawei honor_8_lite_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170725-01-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-920
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170725-01-smartphone-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170725-01-smartphone-en Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_5a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) cam-l03c605b143custc605d003 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_5a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) prague-l03c605b161 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) prague-l23c605b160 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_8_lite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) mha-al00c00b225 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mate_9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_9_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) lon-al00c00b225 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:mate_9_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vtr-al00c00b167 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vtr-tl00c01b167 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p10_plus_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vky-al00c00b167 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p10_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p10_plus_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) vky-tl00c01b167 OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:p10_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

score

0.27875

percentile

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