First published: Wed Nov 22 2017(Updated: )
P9 Plus smartphones with software versions earlier before VIE-AL10BC00B386 have a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can send given parameter to specific interface, which make a large number of memory allocation and the smart phone will be crash for memory exhaustion.
Credit: psirt@huawei.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Huawei P9 Plus Firmware | <vie-al10bc00b386 | |
Huawei P9 Plus |
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CVE-2017-2734 refers to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability found in P9 Plus smartphones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B386.
CVE-2017-2734 affects Huawei P9 Plus smartphones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B386, where an attacker can trick a user into installing a malicious application that can send a specific parameter to a specific interface, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition.
The severity level of CVE-2017-2734 is high, with a severity value of 5.5 on a scale of 10.
To fix CVE-2017-2734 on your Huawei P9 Plus smartphone, make sure to update the software to version VIE-AL10BC00B386 or later. Refer to the official Huawei security advisory for further instructions.
You can find more information about CVE-2017-2734 in the official Huawei security advisory at the following link: http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170419-02-smartphone-en