What is CVE-2016-5233?

CVE-2016-5233 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 8, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-5233?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Huawei Mate 8

CVE-2016-5233

Huawei Mate 8 smartphones with software NXT-AL10 before NXT-AL10C00B182, NXT-CL00 before NXT-CL00C92B182, NXT-DL00 before NXT-DL00C17B182, and NXT-TL00 before NXT-TL00C01B182 allow remote base stations to obtain sensitive subscriber signal strength information via vectors involving improper security status verification, aka HWPSIRT-2015-12007.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-06-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.7% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/90792 (vdb-entry)
www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160520-03-smartphone-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5233?: CVE-2016-5233 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 8, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-5233?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.