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CVE-2017-17176· NVD / CVE Program· CNA huawei

The hardware security module of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with the versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, versions earlie

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.

MediumCVSS 6.7 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 17, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 21th percentile
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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
huaweimate 9 firmware
huaweimate 9
huaweimate 9 pro firmware
huaweimate 9 pro

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • huawei mate 9 firmwarebefore mha-al00bc00b156
  • huawei mate 9 firmwarebefore mha-cl00bc00b156
  • huawei mate 9 firmwarebefore mha-dl00bc00b156
  • huawei mate 9 firmwarebefore mha-tl00bc00b156
  • huawei mate 9 pro firmwarebefore lon-al00bc00b156
  • huawei mate 9 pro firmwarebefore lon-cl00bc00b156
  • huawei mate 9 pro firmwarebefore lon-dl00bc00b156
  • huawei mate 9 pro firmwarebefore lon-tl00bc00b156

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (huawei). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro

    • Versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before MHA-TL00BC00B156, Versions earlier before LON-AL00affected

Same product

huawei: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-15316The GPU driver of Mate 9 Huawei smart phones with software before MHA-AL00B 8.0.0.334(C00) and Mate 9 Pro Huawei smart phones with software
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2017-8142The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) module driver of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2017-2716The camerafs driver in Mate 9 Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B173 has buffer overflow vulnerability.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2017-2707Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a privilege escalation vulnerability in Push module.
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2017-2706Mate 9 smartphones with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 have a directory traversal vulnerability in Push module.
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2017-2703Phone Finder in versions earlier before MHA-AL00BC00B156,Versions earlier before MHA-CL00BC00B156,Versions earlier before MHA-DL00BC00B156,V
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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