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CVE-2017-8175

• 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

The Bastet of some Huawei mobile phones with software earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B167 versions, earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B167 versions, earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B191 versions has an insufficient input validation 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.

Affected products

• Huawei Vicky-Al00A: before vicky-al00ac00b167 — fixed in vicky-al00ac00b167
• Huawei Victoria-Al00A: before victoria-al00ac00b167 — fixed in victoria-al00ac00b167
• Huawei Warsaw-Al00: before warsaw-al00c00b191 — fixed in warsaw-al00c00b191

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Vicky-Al00A vicky-al00ac00b167; Huawei Victoria-Al00A victoria-al00ac00b167; Huawei Warsaw-Al00 warsaw-al00c00b191. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170802-02-smartphone-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170802-02-smartphone-en

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