High severity · published Sep 26, 2016
CVE-2016-6518
Memory leak in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700, and S12700 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart) via a…
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Memory leak in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700, and S12700 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart) via a large number of malformed packets.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SF
S12700 Firmware · Huawei
v200r005c00; v200r006c00; v200r008c00 · source: NVD
SF
S5300 Firmware · Huawei
v200r001c00; v200r002c00; v200r003c00; v200r005c00; v200r005c01; v200r005c02; +3 more · source: NVD
SF
S5700 Firmware · Huawei
v200r001c00; v200r001c01; v200r002c00; v200r003c00; v200r003c02; v200r005c00; +2 more · source: NVD
SF
S6300 Firmware · Huawei
v200r001c00; v200r002c00; v200r003c00; v200r005c00; v200r005c01; v200r005c02; +1 more · source: NVD
SF
S6700 Firmware · Huawei
v200r001c00; v200r001c01; v200r002c00; v200r003c00; v200r008c00 · source: NVD
SF
S7700 Firmware · Huawei
v200r001c00; v200r002c00; v200r003c00; v200r005c00; v200r006c00; v200r008c00 · source: NVD
SF
S9300 Firmware · Huawei
v200r001c00; v200r003c00; v200r005c00; v200r006c00; v200r008c00 · source: NVD
SF
S9700 Firmware · Huawei
v200r001c00; v200r001c01; v200r002c00; v200r003c00; v200r005c00; v200r006c00; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6518
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6518
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160914-01-sep-en
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92968
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