CVE-2016-8758 Denial of service in Mate8 NXT-AL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-CL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-DL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-TL10C00B561 and earlier versions
Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a restart in the ION memory management module of Huawei Mate8 phones.
- 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-2016-8758?
CVE-2016-8758 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mate8 NXT-AL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-CL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-DL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-TL10C00B561 and earlier versions, published on 2 Apr 2017. 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
ION memory management module in Huawei Mate8 phones with software NXT-AL10C00B561 and earlier versions, NXT-CL10C00B561 and earlier versions, NXT-DL10C00B561 and earlier versions, NXT-TL10C00B561 and earlier versions allows attackers to cause a denial of service (restart).
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8758?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mate 8 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8758?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8758 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-2016-8758 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8758 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mate8 NXT-AL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-CL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-DL10C00B561 and earlier versions,NXT-TL10C00B561 and earlier versions
- CVE-2016-5230 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2016-5231 Missing authorization in n/a
- CVE-2016-3680 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2016-3681 Memory corruption in n/a
- 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
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wpf6-86vf-246w.