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CVE-2017-17162

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17162 describes a memory leak vulnerability in specific versions of Huawei Secospace USG6600 and USG9500 firewalls. A local, authenticated attacker can trigger this by repeatedly executing special commands, leading to memory exhaustion and potential system exceptions. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but its impact is high availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
v500r001c30spc100CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c30spc100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v500r001c30spc200CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c30spc200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v500r001c30spc300CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:secospace_usg6600_firmware:v500r001c30spc300:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v500r001c30spc100CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r001c30spc100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v500r001c30spc200CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:usg9500_firmware:v500r001c30spc200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

huawei.com / en/psirt/security-advisories/2017/huawei-sa-20171213-02-firewall-en
Vendor Advisory