Is CVE-2016-8783 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-8783 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-8783?

CVE-2016-8783 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-8783?

CVE-2016-8783 has an EPSS score of 0.97% (58th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8783?

Upgrade honor 6 firmware to h60-l02_6.12.16 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8783

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Touchscreen drive in Huawei H60 (Honor 6) Versions earlier than H60-L02_6.12.16 and P9 Plus Versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B356 has a stack overflow vulnerabilities. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and send given parameter to touchscreen drive to crash the system or escalate privilege.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

honor 6 firmwareNVD

Affected:< h60-l02_6.12.16Fixed in:h60-l02_6.12.16CVE-2016-8783derived from NVD

p9 plus firmwareNVD

Affected:< vie-al10bc00b356Fixed in:vie-al10bc00b356CVE-2016-8783derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days

58thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 58% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

huawei.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2016-8783

Markdown

[![CVE-2016-8783](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2016-8783.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2016-8783)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2016-8783"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2016-8783.svg" alt="CVE-2016-8783"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.