What is CVE-2016-6518?

CVE-2016-6518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei S12700, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-6518?

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

Vulnerability in Huawei S12700

CVE-2016-6518

Memory leak in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700, and S12700 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart) via a large number of malformed packets.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.0th 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

Huawei S12700
Huawei S12700_firmware — versions v200r005c00, v200r006c00, v200r008c00
Huawei S5300
Huawei S5300_firmware — versions v200r001c00, v200r002c00, v200r003c00
Huawei S5700
Huawei S5700_firmware — versions v200r001c00, v200r001c01, v200r002c00
Huawei S6300
Huawei S6300_firmware — versions v200r001c00, v200r002c00, v200r003c00
Huawei S6700
Huawei S6700_firmware — versions v200r001c00, v200r001c01, v200r002c00

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6518?: CVE-2016-6518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei S12700, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-6518?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.