CVE-2017-8186

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-8186 · Published 22/11/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-8186 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting mha-al00a (huawei).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.55%, higher than 46.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to mha-al00bc00b231 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mha-al00a huawei	`< mha-al00bc00b231`	`mha-al00bc00b231`

Description

The Bastet of some Huawei mobile phones with software of earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B231 versions has a DOS vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious APP. The APP can modify specific parameter to cause system reboot.

References

huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-01-dos-en · Vendor Advisory

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free