CVE-2016-8794 describes a privilege escalation and system crash vulnerability affecting Huawei Mate 8, Mate S, and P8 smartphones running specific older firmware versions. Attackers with graphic or camera privileges could exploit this weakness. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and requires low privileges and user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit intelligence available, nor any evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:mate_8_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.