# CVE-2017-17140: Information disclosure in Enjoy 5s; Y6 Pro

> A malicious application can read sensitive kernel memory information on Huawei smartphones due to missing parameter validation, requiring user installation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-36wj-23jx-jgg5

## What is CVE-2017-17140?

CVE-2017-17140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Enjoy 5s; Y6 Pro, published on 5 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Huawei Enjoy 5s and Y6 Pro smartphones with software the versions before TAG-AL00C92B170; the versions before TIT-L01C576B121 have an information leak vulnerability due to the lack of parameter validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone and the application can read some sensitive information in kernel memory which may cause sensitive information leak.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17140?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Huawei Enjoy 5s Firmware, Huawei Y6 Pro Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-17140?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-17140 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17140 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-17140 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-17140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Enjoy 5s; Y6 Pro, published on 5 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17140 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Enjoy 5s; Y6 Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17140/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17140/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17140
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17140
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17140

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