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CVE-2016-8279

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% 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-284

Description

The video driver in Huawei Mate S smartphones with software CRR-TL00 before CRR-TL00C01B362, CRR-UL20 before CRR-UL20C00B362, CRR-CL00 before CRR-CL00C92B362, and CRR-CL20 before CRR-CL20C92B362; P8 smartphones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B366, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B366, GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B366, and GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B366; and Honor 6 and Honor 6 Plus smartphones with software before 6.9.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) via a crafted application.

Affected products

• Huawei Honor6 Firmware: through 6.9
• Huawei Mate S Firmware: crr-cl00, crr-cl20, crr-tl00, crr-ul20
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P8: gra-cl00, gra-tl00, gra-ul00, gra-ul10

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160921-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93096
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160921-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93096

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