CVE-2016-8783 is a stack overflow vulnerability in the touchscreen driver of Huawei H60 (Honor 6) and P9 Plus smartphones, affecting specific firmware versions. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a malicious application, which then sends crafted parameters to the driver, leading to system crashes or privilege escalation. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< h60-l02_6.12.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< vie-al10bc00b356CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:p9_plus_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.