CVE-2017-8214: Huawei Honor 8 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Honor 8,Honor V8,Honor 9,Honor V9,Nova 2,Nova 2 Plus,P9,P10 Plus,Toronto Huawei smart phones with software of versions earlier than FRD-AL00C00B391, versions earlier than FRD-DL00C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-AL10C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-AL20C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-UL10C00B391, versions earlier than KNT-TL10C00B391, versions earlier than Stanford-AL00C00B175, versions earlier than Stanford-AL10C00B175, versions earlier than Stanford-TL00C01B175, versions earlier than Duke-AL20C00B191, versions earlier than Duke-TL30C01B191, versions earlier than Picasso-AL00C00B162, versions earlier than Picasso-TL00C01B162 , versions earlier than Barca-AL00C00B162, versions earlier than Barca-TL00C00B162, versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B396SP03, versions earlier than EVA-CL00C92B396, versions earlier than EVA-DL00C17B396, versions earlier than EVA-TL00C01B396 , versions earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B172, versions earlier than Toronto-AL00AC00B191, versions earlier than Toronto-TL10C01B191 have an unlock code verification bypassing vulnerability. An attacker with the root privilege of a mobile can exploit this vulnerability to bypass the unlock code verification and unlock the mobile phone bootloader.

Affected products

• Huawei Honor 8 Firmware: before frd-al00c00b391 (fixed in frd-al00c00b391); before frd-dl00c00b391 (fixed in frd-dl00c00b391)
• Huawei Honor 9 Firmware: before stanford-al00c00b175 (fixed in stanford-al00c00b175); before stanford-al10c00b175 (fixed in stanford-al10c00b175); before stanford-tl00c01b175 (fixed in stanford-tl00c01b175)
• Huawei Honor v8 Firmware: before knt-al10c00b391 (fixed in knt-al10c00b391); before knt-al20c00b391 (fixed in knt-al20c00b391); before knt-ul10c00b391 (fixed in knt-ul10c00b391); before knt-tl10c00b391 (fixed in knt-tl10c00b391)
• Huawei Honor v9 Firmware: before duke-al20c00b191 (fixed in duke-al20c00b191); before duke-tl30c01b191 (fixed in duke-tl30c01b191)
• Huawei Nova 2 Firmware: before picasso-al00c00b162 (fixed in picasso-al00c00b162); before picasso-tl00c01b162 (fixed in picasso-tl00c01b162)
• Huawei Nova 2 Plus Firmware: before barca-al00c00b162 (fixed in barca-al00c00b162); before barca-tl00c00b162 (fixed in barca-tl00c00b162)
• Huawei p10 Plus Firmware: before vicky-al00ac00b172 (fixed in vicky-al00ac00b172)
• Huawei p9 Firmware: before eva-al10c00b396sp03 (fixed in eva-al10c00b396sp03); before eva-cl00c92b396 (fixed in eva-cl00c92b396); before eva-dl00c17b396 (fixed in eva-dl00c17b396); before eva-tl00c01b396 (fixed in eva-tl00c01b396)
• Huawei Toronto Firmware: before toronto-al00ac00b191 (fixed in toronto-al00ac00b191); before toronto-tl10c01b191 (fixed in toronto-tl10c01b191)

Published 2017-11-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.