CVE-2018-7929

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Huawei Mate RS smartphones with the versions before NEO-AL00D 8.1.0.167(C786) have a lock-screen bypass vulnerability. An attacker could unlock and use the phone through certain operations.

Affected products

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate RS: before neo-al00d_8.1.0.167\(c786\) — fixed in neo-al00d_8.1.0.167\(c786\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate RS neo-al00d_8.1.0.167\(c786\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180914-01-smartphone-en
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180914-01-smartphone-en

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