Is CVE-2017-17176 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-17176 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-17176?

CVE-2017-17176 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-17176?

CVE-2017-17176 has an EPSS score of 0.31% (23th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17176?

Upgrade mate 9 firmware to mha-tl00bc00b156 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-17176

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

mate 9 firmwareNVD

Affected:< mha-tl00bc00b156Fixed in:mha-tl00bc00b156CVE-2017-17176derived from NVD

mate 9 pro firmwareNVD

Affected:< lon-tl00bc00b156Fixed in:lon-tl00bc00b156CVE-2017-17176derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

23rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 23% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

huawei.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.