CVE-2017-17158
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before...
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223; the versions before Prague-L31C432B208; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223 have an information exposure vulnerability. When the user's smart phone connects to the malicious device for charging, an unauthenticated attacker may activate some specific function by sending some specially crafted messages. Due to insufficient input validation of the messages, successful exploit may cause information exposure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223; the versions before Prague-L31C432B208; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223 have an information exposure vulnerability. When the user's smart phone connects to the malicious device for charging, an unauthenticated attacker may activate some specific function by sending some specially crafted messages. Due to insufficient input validation of the messages, successful exploit may cause information exposure.
- Record
CVE-2017-17158- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223; the versions before Prague-L31C432B208; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223 have an information exposure vulnerability. When the user's smart phone connects to the malicious device for charging, an unauthenticated attacker may activate some specific function by sending some specially crafted messages. Due to insufficient input validation of the messages, successful exploit may cause information exposure.
- Record
CVE-2017-17158- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-8324 No score
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223; the versions before Prague-L31C432B208; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223 have an information exposure vulnerability. When the user's smart phone connects to the malicious device for charging, an unauthenticated attacker may activate some specific function by sending some specially crafted messages. Due to insufficient input validation of the messages, successful exploit may cause information exposure.
- Record
EUVD-2017-8324- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v5q8-jp9h-qfqv
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before...
Some Huawei smart phones with the versions before Berlin-L21HNC185B381; the versions before Prague-AL00AC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00BC00B223; the versions before Prague-AL00CC00B223; the versions before Prague-L31C432B208; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223; the versions before Prague-TL00AC01B223 have an information exposure vulnerability. When the user's smart phone connects to the malicious device for charging, an unauthenticated attacker may activate some specific function by sending some specially crafted messages. Due to insufficient input validation of the messages, successful exploit may cause information exposure.
- Record
GHSA-v5q8-jp9h-qfqv- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- huawei berlin-l21hn firmware
- huawei prague-al00a firmware
- huawei prague-al00b firmware
- huawei prague-al00c firmware
- huawei prague-l31 firmware
- huawei prague-tl00a firmware
- huawei prague-tl10a firmware
- huawei technologies co., ltd. berlin-l21hn; prague-al00a; prague-al00b; prague-al00c; prague-l31; prague-tl00a; prague-tl10a
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-17158 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Huawei Berlin-l21hn Firmware, published May 24, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.