CVE-2016-5232 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5232?

CVE-2016-5232 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate8 NXT-AL before NXT-AL10C00B182, NXT-CL before NXT-CL00C92B182, NXT-DL before NXT-DL00C17B182, and NXT-TL before NXT-TL00C01B182 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted app.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5232?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Mate 8 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-5232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2016-5230 Auth bypass in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-5231 Missing authorization in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2016-3680 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2016-3681 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2016-8791 Privilege escalation in Mate 8,Mate S,P8 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 High 7.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-225x-576g-4f7p.