# CVE-2016-8760: Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02 6.10.1

> Heap overflow in Huawei touchscreen drivers allows attackers to crash the system or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cw59-fffx-wmv4

## What is CVE-2016-8760?

CVE-2016-8760 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02_6.10.1, 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

Touchscreen driver in Huawei P9 phones with software versions before EVA-AL10C00B192 and Huawei Honor 6 phones with software versions before H60-L02_6.10.1 has a heap overflow vulnerability, which allows attackers to crash the system or escalate user privilege.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8760?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Huawei Honor 6 Firmware, Huawei P9 Firmware, Huawei P9 Plus Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8760?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8760 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8760 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8760 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02_6.10.1

- [CVE-2016-8783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8783/): Memory corruption in H60 (Honor 6), P9 Plus (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-8759](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8759/): Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02 6.10.1 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-8761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8761/): Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02 6.10.1 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-8768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8768/): Privilege escalation in Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-6179](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6179/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8760 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8760 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02_6.10.1, 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8760 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before H60-L02_6.10.1. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8760/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8760/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8760
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8760
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8760

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