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CVE-2017-17171
medium
Description
Some Huawei smart phones have the denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to the improper processing of malicious parameters. An attacker may trick a target user into installing a malicious APK and launch attacks using a pre-installed app with specific permissions. Successful exploit could allow the app to send specific parameters to the smart phone driver, which will result in system restart.
References
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180530-01-smartphone