CVE-2016-5365
Stack-based buffer overflow in Huawei Honor WS851 routers with software 1.1.21.1 and earlier...
Stack-based buffer overflow in Huawei Honor WS851 routers with software 1.1.21.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors, aka HWPSIRT-2016-05051.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Stack-based buffer overflow in Huawei Honor WS851 routers with software 1.1.21.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors, aka HWPSIRT-2016-05051.
- Record
CVE-2016-5365- CVSS 3.0
- 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
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Stack-based buffer overflow in Huawei Honor WS851 routers with software 1.1.21.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors, aka HWPSIRT-2016-05051.
- Record
CVE-2016-5365- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6315 No score
Stack-based buffer overflow in Huawei Honor WS851 routers with software 1.1.21.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors, aka HWPSIRT-2016-05051.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6315- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3443-45g3-c642
Stack-based buffer overflow in Huawei Honor WS851 routers with software 1.1.21.1 and earlier...
Stack-based buffer overflow in Huawei Honor WS851 routers with software 1.1.21.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors, aka HWPSIRT-2016-05051.
- Record
GHSA-3443-45g3-c642- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5365 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Huawei Honor Ws851 Firmware, published June 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.08%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.