CVE-2017-17141
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 51st percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Huawei S12700 V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R007C20; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S1700 V200R006C10; V200R009C00;S2700 V100R006C03; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R006C10; V200R007C00; V200R007C00B050; V200R007C00SPC009T; V200R007C00SPC019T; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S3700 V100R006C03;S5700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R003C02; V200R005C00; V200R005C01; V200R005C02; V200R005C03; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S6700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R005C01; V200R005C02; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S7700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R006C01; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R008C06; V200R009C00;S9700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R009C00 have a memory leak vulnerability. In some specific conditions, if attackers send specific malformed MPLS Service PING messages to the affected products, products do not release the memory when handling the packets. So successful exploit will result in memory leak of the affected products.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 51st percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 2453 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- s12700 firmwareHardware Firmware
- s1700 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- s2700 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- s3700 firmwareICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network
- s5700 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
- s6700 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
- s7700 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- s9700 firmwareHardware Firmware / network-adapter
Technical detail
CVSS 3.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Scored 3.7 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
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