Buffer overflow in Huawei Honor 6
CVE-2016-8761
Video driver in Huawei P9 phones with software versions before EVA-AL10C00B192 and Huawei Honor 6 phones with software versions before H60-L02_6.10.1 has a stack overflow vulnerability, which allows attackers to crash the system or escalate user privilege.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Huawei Honor 6
- Huawei Honor 6 Firmware
- Huawei P9
- Huawei P9 Firmware
- Huawei P9 Plus
- Huawei P9 Plus Firmware
- P9,honor 6 Versions Before Eva-Al10c00b192,versions H60-L02 6.10.1 — versions P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02_6.10.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93530 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161012-01-smartphone-en (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8761?
- CVE-2016-8761 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor 6, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-02.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8761?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.