CVE-2016-8279 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a device reboot via a crafted application exploiting a video driver flaw in specific Huawei smartphones.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8279?
CVE-2016-8279 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 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
The video driver in Huawei Mate S smartphones with software CRR-TL00 before CRR-TL00C01B362, CRR-UL20 before CRR-UL20C00B362, CRR-CL00 before CRR-CL00C92B362, and CRR-CL20 before CRR-CL20C92B362; P8 smartphones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B366, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B366, GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B366, and GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B366; and Honor 6 and Honor 6 Plus smartphones with software before 6.9.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) via a crafted application.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8279?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Honor6 Firmware, Huawei Mate S Firmware, Huawei P8 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8279?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8279 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-2016-8279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w78m-r2q8-9j49.