CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-8768

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, and 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.

Risk Assessment

Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges in the system, posing a serious threat to user data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to version 6.9.16 or later to secure devices against this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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