What is CVE-2017-2701?

CVE-2017-2701 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-2701?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9

CVE-2017-2701

Mate 9 with software MHA-AL00AC00B125 has a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application. Since the system does not verify the broadcasting message from the application, it could be exploited to cause some functions of system unavailable.

Published 2017-11-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Mate 9
Huawei Mate 9 Firmware — versions mha-al00ac00b125
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate 9 — versions MHA-AL00AC00B125

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170802-01-broadcasting-… (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2701?: CVE-2017-2701 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-2701?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.