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CVE-2016-8790

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% 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

Huawei CloudEngine 5800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 6800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 7800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 8800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 12800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700 could allow the attacker to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the affected system to cause a main control board reboot.

Affected products

• CloudEngine 12800: v100r003c10, v100r005c00, v100r005c10, v100r006c00
• CloudEngine 5800: v100r003c10, v100r005c00, v100r005c10, v100r006c00
• Huawei Cloudengine 6800 Firmware: v100r003c10, v100r005c00, v100r005c10, v100r006c00
• Huawei Cloudengine 7800 Firmware: v100r003c10, v100r005c00, v100r005c10, v100r006c00
• Huawei Cloudengine 8800 Firmware: v100r006c00

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-cfm-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94402
• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161116-01-cfm-en
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94402

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