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CVE-2017-8178

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% 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-79

Description

Huawei Email APP Vicky-AL00 smartphones with software of earlier than VKY-AL00C00B171 versions has a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send email that storing malicious code to a smartphone and waiting for a user to access this email that triggers execution of the code. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code on the affected device.

Affected products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00: before vky-al00c00b171 — fixed in vky-al00c00b171

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-AL00 vky-al00c00b171. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20170908-01-email-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20170908-01-email-en

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