CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-4577

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow in the Smart DNS functionality in Huawei NGFW and Secospace USG6300, USG6500, USG6600, and USG9500 firewalls allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely exploit this vulnerability, leading to potential loss of system availability or unauthorized code execution, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to version V500R001C20SPC100 or later to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the Smart DNS functionality in the Huawei NGFW Module and Secospace USG6300, USG6500, USG6600, and USG9500 firewalls with software before V500R001C20SPC100 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, related to "illegitimate parameters."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS