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CVE-2017-17158

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17158 describes an information exposure vulnerability affecting specific Huawei smartphone models. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by connecting a malicious charging device to the target phone and sending specially crafted messages, leading to the exposure of sensitive information due to insufficient input validation. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 4.6, the attack requires physical proximity (AV:P) but no user interaction (UI:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< l21hnc185b381CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:berlin-l21hn_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< al00ac00b223CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:prague-al00a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< al00bc00b223CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:prague-al00b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< al00cc00b223CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:prague-al00c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< l31c432b208CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:prague-l31_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 1,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

huawei.com / en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180523-01-phone-en
Vendor Advisory