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5.5

Huawei phone firmware can cause services to stop

CVE-2017-17327 · published 8 years ago
Summary

Huawei smartphones that run the MHA-AL00AC00B125 firmware may mishandle a system resource when the device registers itself. If a user with administrator-level (root) access installs a specially crafted app, the problem could make some phone services stop working. To protect your devices, avoid installing unknown apps, especially on phones with root access, and apply any firmware updates that Huawei releases.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
huawei mha-al00a_firmware mha-al00ac00b125
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mha-al00a_firmware:mha-al00ac00b125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Original advisory text
Huawei smartphones with software of MHA-AL00AC00B125 have an improper resource management vulnerability. The software does not properly manage the resource when do device register operation. An att...
Huawei smartphones with software of MHA-AL00AC00B125 have an improper resource management vulnerability. The software does not properly manage the resource when do device register operation. An attacker tricks the user who has root privilege to install a crafted application, successful exploit could cause certain service unavailable.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
5.5 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Timeline
Published9 Mar 2018
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2017-17327 · NVD
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