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Cloudengine 12800 Firmware CVE-2016-8790

MEDIUM
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2017-04-02 psirt@huawei.com
5.7
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

CVSS score of 5.7 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.04%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Huawei CloudEngine 5800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 6800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 7800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 8800 with. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. 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 include: Huawei Cloudengine 5800 Firmware, 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 5.7 MEDIUM
AV:A/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
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 87% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

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 0.0%
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
Controlled
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v100r003c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v100r005c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_5800_firmware:v100r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v100r003c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v100r005c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_6800_firmware:v100r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v100r003c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_7800_firmware:v100r005c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:v100r003c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r005c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r005c10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:huawei:cloudengine_12800_firmware:v100r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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