{"id":"CVE-2016-6178","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6178","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:31.108Z","title":"Huawei NE40E and CX600 devices with software before V800R007SPH017; PTN 6900-2-M8 devices with software before V800R007SPH019; NE5000E devices with software before V800R006SPH018; and CloudEngine devices 12800 with software before V100R003SPH010 and…","description":"Huawei NE40E and CX600 devices with software before V800R007SPH017; PTN 6900-2-M8 devices with software before V800R007SPH019; NE5000E devices with software before V800R006SPH018; and CloudEngine devices 12800 with software before V100R003SPH010 and V100R005 before V100R005SPH006 allow remote attackers with control plane access to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.","published":"2016-08-02T16:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:50:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["huawei/ne5000e firmware","huawei/cloudengine 12800 firmware","huawei/ptn 6900-2-m8 firmware","huawei/cx600 firmware","huawei/ne40e firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.02989,"percentile":0.87223,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160713-01-multicast-ldp-fec-stack-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91772","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160713-01-multicast-ldp-fec-stack-en","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91772","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6178","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}