7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-8797
Huawei Network Router MPLS Memory Exhaustion Remote Buffer Overflow
Description

Huawei AR3200 with software V200R007C00, V200R005C32, V200R005C20; S12700 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00; S5300 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00, V200R006C00; S5700 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00, V200R006C00; S6300 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00; S6700 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00; S7700 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00, V200R006C00; S9300 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00, V200R006C00; and S9700 with software V200R008C00, V200R007C00, V200R006C00 allow remote attackers to send abnormal Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packets to cause memory exhaustion.

INFO

Published Date :

April 2, 2017, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2017, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8797 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Huawei ar3200_firmware
2 Huawei s12700_firmware
3 Huawei s5300_firmware
4 Huawei s5700_firmware
5 Huawei s6300_firmware
6 Huawei s6700_firmware
7 Huawei s7700_firmware
8 Huawei s9300_firmware
9 Huawei s9700_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160608-01-mpls-en Vendor Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160608-01-mpls-en No Types Assigned http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160608-01-mpls-en Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ar3200_firmware:v200r005c20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ar3200_firmware:v200r005c32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ar3200_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:ar3200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s12700_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s12700_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s12700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s5300_firmware:v200r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s5300_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s5300_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s5300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s5700_firmware:v200r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s5700_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s5700_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s5700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s6300_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s6300_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s6300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s6700_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s6700_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s6700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s7700_firmware:v200r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s7700_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s7700_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s7700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s9300_firmware:v200r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s9300_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s9300_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s9300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s9700_firmware:v200r006c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s9700_firmware:v200r007c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:huawei:s9700_firmware:v200r008c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:huawei:s9700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.24 }} 0.03%

score

0.61528

percentile

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