CVE-2016-6518

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6518
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-26 15:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700, and S12700 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart) via a large number of malformed packets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.003210000 probability, percentile 0.551390000 (date 2026-05-07)

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Huawei S12700 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S12700 Firmware v200r005c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S12700 Firmware v200r006c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S12700 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei S5300 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r001c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r002c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r003c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r005c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r005c01 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r005c02 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r006c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r007c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5300 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei S5700 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r001c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r001c01 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r002c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r003c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r003c02 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r005c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r006c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S5700 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei S6300 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S6300 Firmware v200r001c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6300 Firmware v200r002c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6300 Firmware v200r003c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6300 Firmware v200r005c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6300 Firmware v200r005c01 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6300 Firmware v200r005c02 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6300 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei S6700 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S6700 Firmware v200r001c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6700 Firmware v200r001c01 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6700 Firmware v200r002c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6700 Firmware v200r003c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S6700 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei S7700 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S7700 Firmware v200r001c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S7700 Firmware v200r002c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S7700 Firmware v200r003c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S7700 Firmware v200r005c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S7700 Firmware v200r006c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S7700 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei S9300 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S9300 Firmware v200r001c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9300 Firmware v200r003c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9300 Firmware v200r005c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9300 Firmware v200r006c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9300 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All
Hardware Huawei S9700 - All All All
Operating System Huawei S9700 Firmware v200r001c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9700 Firmware v200r001c01 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9700 Firmware v200r002c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9700 Firmware v200r003c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9700 Firmware v200r005c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9700 Firmware v200r006c00 All All All
Operating System Huawei S9700 Firmware v200r008c00 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Huawei Switches af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.huawei.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple Huawei Switches CVE-2016-6518 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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