CVE-2016-8785 Information disclosure in S12700, S5700, S7700, S9700
An attacker can send malformed packets to Huawei switches to leak sensitive memory data due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8785?
CVE-2016-8785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. S12700, S5700, S7700, S9700, published on 9 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Huawei S12700 V200R007C00, V200R008C00, S5700 V200R007C00, S7700 V200R002C00, V200R005C00, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, S9700 V200R007C00 have an input validation vulnerability. Due to the lack of input validation, an attacker may craft a malformed packet and send it to the device using VRP, causing the device to display additional memory data and possibly leading to sensitive information leakage.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8785?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Huawei S12700 Firmware, Huawei S5700 Firmware, Huawei S7700 Firmware, Huawei S9700 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8785?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-8785 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8785 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. S12700, S5700, S7700, S9700
- 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-w6f4-9255-g83f.