CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8276

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2016-10-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-10-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) module in Huawei USG2100, USG2200, USG5100, and USG5500 unified security gateways with software before V300R001C10SPC600, when CHAP authentication is configured on the server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server restart) or execute arbitrary code via crafted packets sent during authentication.

Affected configurations

• huawei usg2100 v300r001c00 • huawei usg2100 v300r001c10 • huawei usg2200 v300r001c00 • huawei usg2200 v300r001c10 • huawei usg5100 v300r001c00 • huawei usg5100 v300r001c10 • huawei usg5500 v300r001c00 • huawei usg5500 v300r001c10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References