What is CVE-2017-17944?

CVE-2017-17944 is a critical-severity vulnerability in ASUS Hivivo, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-17944?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in ASUS Hivivo

CVE-2017-17944

The ASUS Vivobaby application before 1.1.09 for Android has Missing SSL Certificate Validation.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2019-06-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

firstsight.me/2017/12/lack-of-binary-protection-at-asus-vivo-baby-and-hivivo-fo… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17944?: CVE-2017-17944 is a critical-severity vulnerability in ASUS Hivivo, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-17944?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.