What is CVE-2016-8774?

CVE-2016-8774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 8, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-8774?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate 8

CVE-2016-8774

The HIFI driver in Huawei Mate 8 phones with software versions before NXT-AL10C00B386, versions before NXT-CL00C92B386, versions before NXT-DL00C17B386, versions before NXT-TL00C01B386; Mate S phones with software Versions before CRR-CL00C92B368, Versions before CRR-CL20C92B368, Versions before CRR-TL00C01B368, Versions before CRR-UL00C00B368, Versions before CRR-UL20C00B368; P8 phones with software Versions before GRA-TL00C01B366, Versions before GRA-CL00C92B366, Versions before GRA-CL10C92B366, Versions before GRA-UL00C00B366, Versions before GRA-UL10C00B366; and P9 phones with software Versions before EVA-AL10C00B190, Versions before EVA-DL10C00B190, Versions before EVA-TL10C00B190, Versions before EVA-CL10C00B190 allows attackers to get root privilege or crash the system or execute arbitrary code, related to a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-04-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate 8 Firmware
Huawei Mate S
Huawei Mate S Firmware
Huawei P8
Huawei P8 Firmware
Huawei P9
Huawei P9 Firmware
Mate 8,mate S,p8,p9 Versions Before Nxt-Al10c00b386,versions Nxt-Cl00c92b386,versions Nxt-Dl00c17b386,versions Nxt-Tl00c01b386,versions Crr-Cl00c92b368,versions Crr-Cl20c92b368,versions Crr-Tl00c01b368,versions Crr-Ul00c00b368,versions Crr-Ul20c00b368,versions Gra-Tl00c01b366,versions Gra-Cl00c92b366,versions Gra-Cl10c92b366,versions Gra-Ul00c00b366,versions Gra-Ul10c00b366,versions Eva-Al10c00b190,versions Eva-Dl10c00b190,versions Eva-Tl10c00b190,versions Eva-Cl10c00b190, — versions Mate 8,Mate S,P8,P9 Versions before NXT-AL10C00B386,Versions before NXT-CL00C92B386,Versions before NXT-DL00C17B386,Versions before NXT-TL00C01B386,Versions before CRR-CL00C92B368,Versions before CRR-CL20C92B368,Versions before CRR-TL00C01B368,Versions before CRR-UL00C00B368,Versions before CRR-UL20C00B368,Versions before GRA-TL00C01B366,Versions before GRA-CL00C92B366,Versions before GRA-CL10C92B366,Versions before GRA-UL00C00B366,Versions before GRA-UL10C00B366,Versions before EVA-AL10C00B190,Versions before EVA-DL10C00B190,Versions before EVA-TL10C00B190,Versions before EVA-CL10C00B190,

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161123-02-smartphone-en (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94503 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8774?: CVE-2016-8774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 8, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-8774?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.