What is CVE-2017-8177?

CVE-2017-8177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Hiwallet, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8177?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Hiwallet

CVE-2017-8177

Huawei APP HiWallet earlier than 5.0.3.100 versions do not support signature verification for APK file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the APK and upload modified APK file. Successful exploit could lead to the APP is hijacking.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Hiwallet
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Hiwallet — versions Earlier than 5.0.3.100 versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170816-01-app-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8177?: CVE-2017-8177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Hiwallet, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8177?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.