CVE-2017-17307 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting specific Huawei VNS-L21 smartphone software versions (VNS-L21AUTC555B141). It stems from a missing string terminator, allowing a malicious application, installed by a tricked user, to read beyond allocated memory and potentially cause device instability. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), leading to a high impact on availability (A:H) but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
vns-l21autc555b141CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:vns-l21_firmware:vns-l21autc555b141:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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 records are not available for this CVE.