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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17225

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.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.61%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.61% probability · 47th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
huawei/mate 9 pro firmware
Source
psirt@huawei.com

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