Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Huawei LYO-L21
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Huawei smart phones LYO-L21 with software LYO-L21C479B107, LYO-L21C479B107 have a privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can crafts malformed packets after tricking a user to install a malicious application and exploit this vulnerability when in the exception handling process. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher privilege of the smart phones.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei | LYO-L21 | LYO-L21C479B107, LYO-L21C479B107 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- LYO-L21 VendorHuawei Affected LYO-L21C479B107, LYO-L21C479B107 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-17172
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77mv-hm7r-pr35
References
Sources
- CVE-2017-17172 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-17172 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-77mv-hm7r-pr35 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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