CVE-2016-6518 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei switches by sending malformed packets, leading to memory exhaustion and device restarts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6518?
CVE-2016-6518 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6518?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Huawei S12700 Firmware, Huawei S5300 Firmware, Huawei S5700 Firmware, Huawei S6300 Firmware, Huawei S6700 Firmware, Huawei S7700 Firmware and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6518?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6518 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-6518 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6518 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2016-4087 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2021-22357 Denial of service in S12700;S5700;S6700;S7700
- CVE-2019-19397 Weak cryptography in S12700;S1700;S2700;S5700;S6700;S7700;S9700
- CVE-2019-5285 Denial of service in S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7900, S7900, S7900, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700
- CVE-2016-8786 Denial of service in S12700, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fv5m-699v-qxvc.