How should we interpret CVSS severity scores?

CVSS estimates technical severity, but it does not automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, asset criticality, known exploitation, and whether compensating controls exist. A Medium CVSS on an exposed production system can be more urgent than a Critical on an isolated non-production host.

Vulnerability Database

Q: What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

Q: What's the difference between a vulnerability, an exploit, and a zero-day?

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. Risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Q: Why do vulnerabilities keep reappearing in our environment?

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete asset discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host.

Q: How do we prioritize remediation without burning out the team?

Use a repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress so remediation is steady, not reactive.

Q: How can SynScan help reduce vulnerability risk over time?

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.

328,409

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-17144

Backup feature of SIP module in Huawei DP300 V500R002C00; V500R002C00SPC100; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC300; V500R002C00SPC400; V500R002C00SPC500; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC800; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCa00; RP200 V500R002C00SPC200; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC200; RSE6500 V500R002C00SPC100; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC300; V500R002C00SPC300T; V500R002C00SPC500; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00T; TE30 V100R001C10; V100R001C10SPC100; V100R001C10SPC200B010; V100R001C10SPC300; V100R001C10SPC500; V100R001C10SPC600; V100R001C10SPC700B010; V100R001C10SPC800; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC500; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCb00; V600R006C00; TE40 V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCb00; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC200; TE50 V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPCb00; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC200; TE60 V100R001C01SPC100; V100R001C01SPC107TB010; V100R001C10; V100R001C10SPC300; V100R001C10SPC400; V100R001C10SPC500; V100R001C10SPC600; V100R001C10SPC700; V100R001C10SPC800; V100R001C10SPC900; V500R002C00; V500R002C00SPC100; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC300; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPC800; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCa00; V500R002C00SPCb00; V500R002C00SPCd00; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC100; V600R006C00SPC200; V600R006C00SPC300; TP3106 V100R002C00; V100R002C00SPC200; V100R002C00SPC400; V100R002C00SPC600; V100R002C00SPC700; V100R002C00SPC800; TP3206 V100R002C00; V100R002C00SPC200; V100R002C00SPC400; V100R002C00SPC600; V100R002C00SPC700; V100R002C10; ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02SPC100; V100R011C03B012SP15; V100R011C03B012SP16; V100R011C03B015SP03; V100R011C03LGWL01SPC100; V100R011C03SPC100; V100R011C03SPC200; V100R011C03SPC300; V100R011C03SPC400; V100R011C03SPC500; eSpace U1960 V200R003C30SPC200; eSpace U1981 V100R001C20SPC700; V200R003C20SPCa00 has an overflow vulnerability when the module process a specific amount of state. The module cannot handle it causing SIP module DoS.

Published: Mar 5, 2018
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2017-17144
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-119

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00	500r002c00.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc100	500r002c00spc100.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc200	500r002c00spc200.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc300	500r002c00spc300.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc400	500r002c00spc400.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc500	500r002c00spc500.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc600	500r002c00spc600.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc800	500r002c00spc800.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spc900	500r002c00spc900.x
huawei / dp300_firmware	500r002c00spca00	500r002c00spca00.x
huawei / rp200_firmware	500r002c00spc200	500r002c00spc200.x
huawei / rp200_firmware	600r006c00	600r006c00.x
huawei / rp200_firmware	600r006c00spc200	600r006c00spc200.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00spc100	500r002c00spc100.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00spc200	500r002c00spc200.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00spc300	500r002c00spc300.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00spc300t	500r002c00spc300t.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00spc500	500r002c00spc500.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00spc600	500r002c00spc600.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00spc700	500r002c00spc700.x
huawei / rse6500_firmware	500r002c00t	500r002c00t.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10	100r001c10.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10spc100	100r001c10spc100.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10spc200b010	100r001c10spc200b010.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10spc300	100r001c10spc300.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10spc500	100r001c10spc500.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10spc600	100r001c10spc600.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10spc700b010	100r001c10spc700b010.x
huawei / te30_firmware	100r001c10spc800	100r001c10spc800.x
huawei / te30_firmware	500r002c00spc200	500r002c00spc200.x
huawei / te30_firmware	500r002c00spc500	500r002c00spc500.x
huawei / te30_firmware	500r002c00spc600	500r002c00spc600.x
huawei / te30_firmware	500r002c00spc700	500r002c00spc700.x
huawei / te30_firmware	500r002c00spc900	500r002c00spc900.x
huawei / te30_firmware	500r002c00spcb00	500r002c00spcb00.x
huawei / te30_firmware	600r006c00	600r006c00.x
huawei / te40_firmware	500r002c00spc600	500r002c00spc600.x
huawei / te40_firmware	500r002c00spc700	500r002c00spc700.x
huawei / te40_firmware	500r002c00spc900	500r002c00spc900.x
huawei / te40_firmware	500r002c00spcb00	500r002c00spcb00.x
huawei / te40_firmware	600r006c00	600r006c00.x
huawei / te40_firmware	600r006c00spc200	600r006c00spc200.x
huawei / te50_firmware	500r002c00spc600	500r002c00spc600.x
huawei / te50_firmware	500r002c00spc700	500r002c00spc700.x
huawei / te50_firmware	500r002c00spcb00	500r002c00spcb00.x
huawei / te50_firmware	600r006c00	600r006c00.x
huawei / te50_firmware	600r006c00spc200	600r006c00spc200.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c01spc100	100r001c01spc100.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c01spc107tb010	100r001c01spc107tb010.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10	100r001c10.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10spc300	100r001c10spc300.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10spc400	100r001c10spc400.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10spc500	100r001c10spc500.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10spc600	100r001c10spc600.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10spc700	100r001c10spc700.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10spc800	100r001c10spc800.x
huawei / te60_firmware	100r001c10spc900	100r001c10spc900.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00	500r002c00.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spc100	500r002c00spc100.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spc200	500r002c00spc200.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spc300	500r002c00spc300.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spc600	500r002c00spc600.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spc700	500r002c00spc700.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spc800	500r002c00spc800.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spc900	500r002c00spc900.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spca00	500r002c00spca00.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spcb00	500r002c00spcb00.x
huawei / te60_firmware	500r002c00spcd00	500r002c00spcd00.x
huawei / te60_firmware	600r006c00	600r006c00.x
huawei / te60_firmware	600r006c00spc100	600r006c00spc100.x
huawei / te60_firmware	600r006c00spc200	600r006c00spc200.x
huawei / te60_firmware	600r006c00spc300	600r006c00spc300.x
huawei / tp3106_firmware	100r002c00	100r002c00.x
huawei / tp3106_firmware	100r002c00spc200	100r002c00spc200.x
huawei / tp3106_firmware	100r002c00spc400	100r002c00spc400.x
huawei / tp3106_firmware	100r002c00spc600	100r002c00spc600.x
huawei / tp3106_firmware	100r002c00spc700	100r002c00spc700.x
huawei / tp3106_firmware	100r002c00spc800	100r002c00spc800.x
huawei / tp3206_firmware	100r002c00	100r002c00.x
huawei / tp3206_firmware	100r002c00spc200	100r002c00spc200.x
huawei / tp3206_firmware	100r002c00spc400	100r002c00spc400.x
huawei / tp3206_firmware	100r002c00spc600	100r002c00spc600.x
huawei / tp3206_firmware	100r002c00spc700	100r002c00spc700.x
huawei / tp3206_firmware	100r002c10	100r002c10.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c02spc100	100r011c02spc100.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03b012sp15	100r011c03b012sp15.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03b012sp16	100r011c03b012sp16.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03b015sp03	100r011c03b015sp03.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03lgwl01spc100	100r011c03lgwl01spc100.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03spc100	100r011c03spc100.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03spc200	100r011c03spc200.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03spc300	100r011c03spc300.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03spc400	100r011c03spc400.x
huawei / viewpoint_9030_firmware	100r011c03spc500	100r011c03spc500.x
huawei / espace_u1960_firmware	200r003c30spc200	200r003c30spc200.x
huawei / espace_u1981_firmware	100r001c20spc700	100r001c20spc700.x
huawei / espace_u1981_firmware	200r003c20spca00	200r003c20spca00.x

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171206-01-sip-en

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.