CVE-2017-2734
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedP9 Plus smartphones with software versions earlier before VIE-AL10BC00B386 have a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can send given parameter to specific interface, which make a large number of memory allocation and the smart phone will be crash for memory exhaustion.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA denial of service vulnerability exists in Huawei P9 Plus smartphones running software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B386. A malicious application installed on the device can send a specific parameter to a certain interface, triggering excessive memory allocation that leads to memory exhaustion and device crash.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< vie-al10bc00b386CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device modelGo to Settings > About Phone and check the Model Number or Marketing NameAffected if The device is not a Huawei P9 Plus (this vulnerability affects only that specific model)
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Check the firmware versionGo to Settings > About Phone > Version information and locate the Build Number or Firmware versionAffected if The firmware version is earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B386 (e.g., VIE-AL10BC00B360, VIE-AL10BC00B350, etc.)
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Verify unknown source app installation is allowedGo to Settings > Apps > Menu (three dots) > Special access > Install unknown apps, or on older Android versions check Settings > Security > Unknown sourcesAffected if Unknown sources is enabled, allowing installation of apps from sources other than the official app store
You are affected if your Huawei P9 Plus runs firmware version earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B386 and has unknown source app installation enabled, as this allows a malicious app to trigger the memory exhaustion condition.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the P9 Plus smartphone to firmware version VIE-AL10BC00B386 or later, which contains the fix. Additionally, avoid installing applications from untrusted sources to prevent initial compromise.
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