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CVE-2016-6901

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6901 describes a format string vulnerability affecting various Huawei AR series and NetEngine 16EX routers running specific software versions. This flaw allows a remote authenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service by injecting format string specifiers into partial commands. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires authentication but has low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
v200r005CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ar_firmware:v200r005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v200r006CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ar_firmware:v200r006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v200r007c00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ar_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v200r005CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:netengine_16ex_firmware:v200r005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v200r006CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:netengine_16ex_firmware:v200r006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

huawei.com / en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-vrp-en
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92618
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry