CVE-2017-17176

N/A

Published: October 17, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorMate 9 FirmwareMate 9 Pro FirmwareMate 9

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

Description

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-CL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-DL00BC00B156, versions earlier before LON-TL00BC00B156 has a arbitrary memory read/write vulnerability due to the input parameters validation. An attacker with the root privilege of the Android system could exploit this vulnerability to read and write memory data anywhere or execute arbitrary code in the TrustZone.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Mate 9 Firmware · Huawei

95%

v < mha-al00bc00b156v < mha-cl00bc00b156v < mha-dl00bc00b156v < mha-tl00bc00b156

Affected range stops below mha-al00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below mha-cl00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below mha-dl00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below mha-tl00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

huawei-mate-9 (same device)

Mate 9 Pro Firmware · Huawei

95%

v < lon-al00bc00b156v < lon-cl00bc00b156v < lon-dl00bc00b156v < lon-tl00bc00b156

Affected range stops below lon-al00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below lon-cl00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below lon-dl00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below lon-tl00bc00b156, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

huawei-mate-9-pro (same device)

Mate 9 Pro · Huawei

60%

Versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before LON-AL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before LON-CL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before LON-DL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before LON-TL00BC00B156

Mate 9 · Huaweidevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170306-01-smartphone-en

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170306-01-smartphone-en

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-787

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