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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2017-17330

Low
3.3/10

Summary

Huawei AR3200 V200R005C32; V200R006C10; V200R006C11; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R007C02; V200R008C00; V200R008C10; V200R008C20; V200R008C30; NGFW Module V500R001C00; V500R001C20; V500R002C00 have a memory leak vulnerability. The software does not release allocated memory properly when parse XML element data. An authenticated attacker could upload a crafted XML file, successful exploit could cause the system service abnormal since run out of memory.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-772 - Missing Release Of Resource After Effective Lifetime

'Missing release of resource after effective lifetime' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't sufficiently release a resource (e.g. memory, CPU, disk space, etc.) after it is used. If not addressed, attackers can launch a denial of service attack (by allocating a resource and not releasing it).

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published