CVE-2016-8768
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.75% probability · 55th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-254
- Affected
- huawei/honor 6 firmware · huawei/honor 6 plus firmware · huawei/honor 7 firmware
- Source
- psirt@huawei.com
EPSS 0.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-enVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-pxn-enVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.