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CVE-2016-8762

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8762 is an input validation vulnerability in the TrustZone driver of specific Huawei P9, P9 Lite, and P8 Lite smartphone models running older software versions. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a system restart. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p9_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= vns-l21c185b130CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p9_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= ale-l02c636b150CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p8_lite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 381 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 0.1 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-20161123-01-smartphone-en
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94509
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry