What is CVE-2017-8173?

CVE-2017-8173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Maya-L02. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8173?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Maya-L02

CVE-2017-8173

Maya-L02,VKY-L09,VTR-L29,Vicky-AL00A,Victoria-AL00A,Warsaw-AL00 smart phones with software of earlier than Maya-L02C636B126 versions,earlier than VKY-L29C10B151 versions,earlier than VTR-L29C10B151 versions,earlier than Vicky-AL00AC00B162 versions,earlier than Victoria-AL00AC00B167 versions,earlier than Warsaw-AL00C00B200 versions have a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass security vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection (FRP) function, an attacker can login the configuration flow by some secret code and can perform some operations to update the Google account. As a result, the FRP function is bypassed.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170715-01-frpbypass-en (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8173?: CVE-2017-8173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Maya-L02. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.