VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17175

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: huawei/mate 9 pro
Source: psirt@huawei.com

References

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.