CVE-2016-6178 describes a critical vulnerability affecting multiple Huawei networking devices, including NE40E, CX600, PTN 6900-2-M8, NE5000E, and CloudEngine series, running specific older software versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers with control plane access to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted packet. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
v800r006c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ne5000e_firmware:v800r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r003c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r003c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r003c10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r003c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r005c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v100r005c10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r005c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.