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CVE-2017-17225

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2018-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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 products

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro: before lon-al00b_8.0.0.340a\(c00\) — fixed in lon-al00b_8.0.0.340a\(c00\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro lon-al00b_8.0.0.340a\(c00\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2018/huawei-sa-20180130-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2018/huawei-sa-20180130-01-smartphone-en

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