CVE-2017-8186

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 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.

Affected products

Huawei Mha-Al00A: before mha-al00bc00b231 — fixed in mha-al00bc00b231

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Mha-Al00A mha-al00bc00b231. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-01-dos-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-01-dos-en

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