CVE-2017-17176

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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 products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9: before mha-al00bc00b156; before mha-cl00bc00b156; before mha-dl00bc00b156; before mha-tl00bc00b156 — fixed in mha-al00bc00b156, mha-cl00bc00b156, mha-dl00bc00b156, mha-tl00bc00b156
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro: before lon-al00bc00b156; before lon-cl00bc00b156; before lon-dl00bc00b156; before lon-tl00bc00b156 — fixed in lon-al00bc00b156, lon-cl00bc00b156, lon-dl00bc00b156, lon-tl00bc00b156

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 mha-al00bc00b156, mha-cl00bc00b156, mha-dl00bc00b156, mha-tl00bc00b156; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro lon-al00bc00b156, lon-cl00bc00b156, lon-dl00bc00b156, lon-tl00bc00b156. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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