CVE-2016-8792 is a privilege escalation and system crash vulnerability affecting Huawei Mate 8, Mate S, and P8 phones running specific older software versions. An attacker with graphic or camera privileges can exploit this vulnerability. With a CVSSv3 score of 7.1 (High), exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction, but has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| 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
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