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CVE-2016-8783

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Huawei Honor 6 Firmware: before h60-l02_6.12.16 — fixed in h60-l02_6.12.16
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus: before vie-al10bc00b356 — fixed in vie-al10bc00b356

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Huawei Honor 6 Firmware h60-l02_6.12.16; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P9 Plus vie-al10bc00b356. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161215-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94944
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161215-01-smartphone-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94944

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