CVE-2017-2709

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

HiGame with software earlier than 7.3.0 versions, SkyTone with software earlier than 8.1.1 versions have a DoS Vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, the attacker can send malformed packets to the device. Due to the lack of adequate input validation of APPs, which causes the APPs Denial of Service.

Affected products

Huawei Higame: before 7.3.0 — fixed in 7.3.0
Huawei Skytone: before 8.1.1 — fixed in 8.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Higame 7.3.0; Huawei Skytone 8.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170913-01-appdos-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170913-01-appdos-en

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