CVE-2016-8773
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 59th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Huawei S5300 with software V200R003C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00; S5700 with software V200R001C00, V200R002C00, V200R003C00, V200R005C00, V200R005C03, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00; S6300 with software V200R003C00, V200R005C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00; S6700 with software V200R001C00, V200R001C01, V200R002C00, V200R003C00, V200R005C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00; S7700 with software V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00; S9300 with software V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00; S9700 with software V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00; and S12700 with software V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C00, V200R009C00 allow the attacker to cause a denial of service condition by sending malformed MPLS packets.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 59th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 3328 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- s12700 firmwareHardware Firmware
- s5300 firmwareHardware Firmware / network-adapter
- s5700 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
- s6300 firmwareHardware Firmware / network-adapter
- s6700 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
- s7700 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- s9300 firmwareHardware Firmware / network-adapter
- s9700 firmwareHardware Firmware / network-adapter
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 7.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Initial AccessT1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationlow confidence
Sources
References in the record
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