What is CVE-2016-5232?

CVE-2016-5232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate_8, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-5232?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate_8

CVE-2016-5232

Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate8 NXT-AL before NXT-AL10C00B182, NXT-CL before NXT-CL00C92B182, NXT-DL before NXT-DL00C17B182, and NXT-TL before NXT-TL00C01B182 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted app.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (21.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei Mate_8
Huawei Mate_8_firmware — versions nxt
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
91555 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5232?: CVE-2016-5232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate_8, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-5232?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.