CVE-2016-8768 (GCVE-0-2016-8768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-02 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
VLAI?
Summary
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.
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CWE
  • Privileged Execute-Never (PXN) defense mechanism failure
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 Affected: Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16
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