CVE-2017-8186 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in specific Huawei mobile phones (MHA-AL00A) running software versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B231. This flaw stems from insufficient parameter validation in the Bastet component. An attacker could trick a user into installing a malicious application, which then manipulates specific parameters to trigger a system reboot, leading to a DoS. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< mha-al00bc00b231CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:huawei:mha-al00a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.