CVE-2016-8802: huawei secospace_usg6300_firmware

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8802 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in huawei secospace_usg6300_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-04-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The security policy processing module in Huawei Secospace USG6300 with software V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC101, V500R001C20SPC200; Secospace USG6500 with software V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC101, V500R001C20SPC200; Secospace USG6600 with software V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC101, V500R001C20SPC200 allows authenticated attackers to setup a specific security policy into the devices, causing a buffer overflow and crashing the system.

• 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.