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CVE-2016-6178

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Huawei NE40E and CX600 devices with software before V800R007SPH017; PTN 6900-2-M8 devices with software before V800R007SPH019; NE5000E devices with software before V800R006SPH018; and CloudEngine devices 12800 with software before V100R003SPH010 and V100R005 before V100R005SPH006 allow remote attackers with control plane access to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• CloudEngine 12800: v100r003c00, v100r003c10, v100r005c00, v100r005c10
• Huawei Cx600 Firmware: v600r008c20, v800r006c00, v800r006c20, v800r007c00
• Huawei Ne40E Firmware: v600r008c20, v800r006c00, v800r006c20, v800r006c30, v800r007c00
• Huawei Ne5000E Firmware: v800r006c00
• Huawei Ptn 6900-2-M8 Firmware: v800r007c00

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160713-01-multicast-ldp-fec-stack-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91772
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160713-01-multicast-ldp-fec-stack-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91772

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