CVE-2017-8201
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 · uneditedMAX PRESENCE V100R001C00, TP3106 V100R002C00, TP3206 V100R002C00 have an a memory leak vulnerability in H323 protocol. An attacker logs in to the system as a user and send crafted packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient verification of the packets, successful exploit could cause a memory leak and eventual denial of service (DoS) condition.
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 · moderate confidenceMemory leak vulnerability in the H323 protocol stack of Huawei video conferencing products (MAX PRESENCE, TP3106, TP3206). An authenticated user can send specially crafted packets that are insufficiently verified, causing memory to be allocated but not properly released, eventually leading to denial of service.
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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= v100r001c00= v100r002c00= v100r002c00CVSS 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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 product modelAccess the device management interface or check the device label to determine if the system is a Huawei MAX PRESENCE, TP3106, or TP3206 video conferencing unit.Affected if The product is any of these three models.
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Check the firmware versionLog into the device management console or use the vendor's diagnostic command to retrieve the installed firmware version. Compare against v100r001c00 for MAX PRESENCE or v100r002c00 for TP3106/TP3206.Affected if The firmware version exactly matches one of these three versions.
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Verify H323 protocol is enabledAccess the device configuration settings and locate the protocol settings or call control configuration. Check whether the H323 protocol stack is enabled for video conferencing calls.Affected if H323 protocol is enabled on the device.
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Confirm user authentication is activeReview the device security settings to verify that user authentication is configured. The vulnerability requires an authenticated user to send the crafted packets.Affected if User authentication is enabled (which is typically the default configuration).
You are affected if you have a MAX PRESENCE (v100r001c00), TP3106 (v100r002c00), or TP3206 (v100r002c00) system with H323 protocol enabled and user authentication configured.
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 dataApply vendor patches when available. Until then, restrict user access to only necessary personnel, implement network segmentation to limit exposure, and monitor for abnormal memory consumption patterns on affected systems.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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