Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL Wi-Fi Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi Driver. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3680. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL (Smartphone Operating System) (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Wi-Fi Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi driver in Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL before NXT-AL10C00B182, NXT-CL before NXT-CL00C92B182, NXT-DL before NXT-DL00C17B182, and NXT-TL before NXT-TL00C01B182 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka HWPSIRT-2016-03020.

The weakness was released 05/26/2016 as HWPSIRT-2016-03020 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3680 since 03/28/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-87632. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/28/2016 🔍
05/26/2016 +59 days 🔍
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05/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2018 +934 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: HWPSIRT-2016-03020
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-3680 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3680
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87631
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2016 11:03
Updated: 12/17/2018 08:09
Changes: 05/27/2016 11:03 (59), 12/17/2018 08:09 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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