What is CVE-2016-6193?

CVE-2016-6193 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei P8 Smartphone Firmware, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-6193?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei P8 Smartphone Firmware

CVE-2016-6193

Buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi driver in Huawei P8 smartphones with software before GRA-CL00C92B363 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted application, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6192.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei P8_smartphone_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6193?: CVE-2016-6193 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei P8 Smartphone Firmware, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-6193?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.