Published:2012/11/30  Last Updated:2012/11/30

JVN#83907168
Multiple KYOCERA mobile devices may reboot during email reception

Overview

Multiple KYOCERA mobile devices contain an issue where the device may reboot when receiving an email in an invalid format.

Products Affected

  • AH-K3001V
  • AH-K3002V
  • WX300K
  • WX310K
  • WX320K
  • WX320KR

Description

Multiple KYOCERA mobile devices contain an issue where the device may reboot when receiving an email in an invalid format. When this issue occurs, the device will always reboot when attempting to receive the invalid email.

Impact

When receiving an invalid email, the device will always reboot, therefore emails cannot be received.

Solution

Delete the corresponding invalid email
By deleting the invalid email, the device can be recovered from the rebooting issue. In addition, emails will be received normally.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
KYOCERA CORPORATION Vulnerable 2012/11/30

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2012.11.30

Measures Conditions Severity
Access Required can be attacked over the Internet using packets
  • High
Authentication anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count)
  • High
User Interaction Required the vulnerability can be exploited without an honest user taking any action
  • High
Exploit Complexity some expertise and/or luck required (most buffer overflows, guessing correctly in small space, expertise in Windows function calls)
  • Mid-High

Description of each analysis measures

Credit

Masashi Shimizu reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2012-5174
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2012-000105