What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-8780?

CVE-2016-8780 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Cloudengine 12800 Firmware CVE-2016-8780

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2017-04-02 psirt@huawei.com

Denial Of Service Huawei Cloudengine 12800 Firmware Cloudengine 6800 Firmware Cloudengine 7800 Firmware Cloudengine 8800 Firmware

6.5

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-400 OWASP Top 10:2025 A06:2025 - Insecure Design ASVS 5.0 V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits MITRE ATT&CK 1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.23%.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	A remote attacker could cause denial of service by exhausting system resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Huawei CloudEngine 6800 V100R006C00, CloudEngine 7800 V100R006C00, CloudEngine 8800 V100R006C00, and CloudEngine 12800 V100R006C00 allow remote attackers with specific permission to store massive. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.

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This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Huawei CloudEngine 6800 V100R006C00, CloudEngine 7800 V100R006C00, CloudEngine 8800 V100R006C00, and CloudEngine 12800 V100R006C00 allow remote attackers with specific permission to store massive files to exhaust the shared storage space, leading to a DoS condition. Affected products include: Huawei Cloudengine 6800 Firmware, Huawei Cloudengine 7800 Firmware, Huawei Cloudengine 8800 Firmware, Huawei Cloudengine 12800 Firmware.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

DescriptionCVE.org

Huawei CloudEngine 6800 V100R006C00, CloudEngine 7800 V100R006C00, CloudEngine 8800 V100R006C00, and CloudEngine 12800 V100R006C00 allow remote attackers with specific permission to store massive files to exhaust the shared storage space, leading to a DoS condition.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.2%

Top 54% exploitable

Data Quality

3 sources

Confidence: Low

NVD

CVE.org

EPSS

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.2%

Patch available No

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Scheduled

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Open

Automatable· derived

Human Impact· derived

Medium

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: 0

CVSS: +32

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service MEDIUM

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v100r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v100r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_8800_firmware:v100r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Advisories & patches

ADVISORY http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161130-01-switch-en REF http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94618

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