CVE-2016-8768 (GCVE-0-2016-8768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-02 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
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Summary
Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privileged Execute-Never (PXN) defense mechanism failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 Affected: Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16
Date Public
2017-03-27 00:00
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