What is CVE-2015-8676?

CVE-2015-8676 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei S2300, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2015-8676?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Huawei S2300

CVE-2015-8676

Memory leak in Huawei S5300EI, S5300SI, S5310HI, S6300EI/ S2350EI, and S5300LI Campus series switches with software V200R001C00 before V200R001SPH018, V200R002C00 before V200R003SPH011, and V200R003C00 before V200R003SPH011; S9300, S7700, and S9700 Campus series switches with software V200R001C00 before V200R001SPH023, V200R002C00 before V200R003SPH011, and V200R003C00 before V200R003SPH011; and S2300 and S3300 Campus series switches with software V100R006C05 before V100R006SPH022 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and reboot) via a large number of ICMPv6 packets.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (69.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8676?: CVE-2015-8676 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei S2300, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2015-8676?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.