CVE-2017-17139

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 9 pro smart phones with software the versions before MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00); the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) have a information leak vulnerability in the date service proxy implementation. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application and application can exploit the vulnerability to get kernel date which may cause sensitive information leak.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9: before mha-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\) — fixed in mha-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\)
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro: before lon-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\) — fixed in lon-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 mha-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\); Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro lon-al00b_8.0.0.334\(c00\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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