CVE-2017-17175

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Short Message Service (SMS) module of Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.354(C00) has a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker may set up a pseudo base station, and send special malware text message to the phone, causing the mobile phone to fail to make calls and send and receive text messages.

Affected products

Huawei Mate 9 Pro: before lon-al00b_8.0.0.354\(c00\) — fixed in lon-al00b_8.0.0.354\(c00\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Mate 9 Pro lon-al00b_8.0.0.354\(c00\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180629-01-smartphone-en
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180629-01-smartphone-en

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