CVE-2016-8759

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Video driver in Huawei P9 phones with software versions before EVA-AL10C00B192 and Huawei Honor 6 phones with software versions before H60-L02_6.10.1 has a stack overflow vulnerability, which allows attackers to crash the system or escalate user privilege.

Affected products

Huawei Honor 6 Firmware: all versions
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Huawei P9: all versions
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus: all versions

References

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161012-01-smartphone-en
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93530
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161012-01-smartphone-en
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93530

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