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CVE-2016-6518

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700, and S12700 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart) via a large number of malformed packets.

Affected products

• Huawei S12700 Firmware: v200r005c00, v200r006c00, v200r008c00
• Huawei S5300 Firmware: v200r001c00, v200r002c00, v200r003c00, v200r005c00, v200r005c01, v200r005c02 (+3)
• Huawei S5700 Firmware: v200r001c00, v200r001c01, v200r002c00, v200r003c00, v200r003c02, v200r005c00 (+2)
• Huawei S6300 Firmware: v200r001c00, v200r002c00, v200r003c00, v200r005c00, v200r005c01, v200r005c02 (+1)
• Huawei S6700 Firmware: v200r001c00, v200r001c01, v200r002c00, v200r003c00, v200r008c00
• Huawei S7700 Firmware: v200r001c00, v200r002c00, v200r003c00, v200r005c00, v200r006c00, v200r008c00
• Huawei S9300 Firmware: v200r001c00, v200r003c00, v200r005c00, v200r006c00, v200r008c00
• Huawei S9700 Firmware: v200r001c00, v200r001c01, v200r002c00, v200r003c00, v200r005c00, v200r006c00 (+1)

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160914-01-sep-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92968
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160914-01-sep-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92968

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