CVE-2017-17225

N/A
Published: March 9, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorMate 9 Pro FirmwareMate 9 Pro

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

The Near Field Communication (NFC) module in Huawei Mate 9 Pro mobile phones with the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.340a(C00) has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of input validation. An attacker may use an NFC card reader or another device to inject malicious data into a target mobile phone. Successful exploit could lead to system restart or arbitrary code execution.

Affected

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

v < lon-al00b_8.0.0.340a(c00)
Affected range stops below lon-al00b_8.0.0.340a(c00), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
huawei-mate-9-pro (same device)

Remediation

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CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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