CVE-2016-5232: huawei mate_8_firmware

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5232 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in huawei mate_8_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 30-06-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate8 NXT-AL before NXT-AL10C00B182, NXT-CL before NXT-CL00C92B182, NXT-DL before NXT-DL00C17B182, and NXT-TL before NXT-TL00C01B182 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted app.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.