VDB-88556 · CVE-2016-5232 · sa-20160520-01

Huawei Mate8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate8. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-5232. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate8 (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Huawei Mate8 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 (system crash) via a crafted app.

The weakness was released 06/30/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-5232 since 06/01/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91555†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-88554 and VDB-88555. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

Mate8

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/20/2016 🔍
06/01/2016 +12 days 🔍
06/30/2016 +29 days 🔍
06/30/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2016 +4 days 🔍
08/26/2022 +2244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20160520-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88556
SecurityFocus: 91555 - Huawei Mate8 CVE-2016-5232 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2016 10:08
Updated: 08/26/2022 11:21
Changes: 07/04/2016 10:08 (48), 02/15/2019 16:02 (13), 08/26/2022 11:21 (3)
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