CVE•Published 2017-04-02•Modified 2026-05-13•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2016-8763Huawei · P9_firmware

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-664Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime

Description

The TrustZone driver in Huawei P9 phones with software Versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B352 and P9 Lite with software VNS-L21C185B130 and earlier versions and P8 Lite with software ALE-L02C636B150 and earlier versions has an improper resource release vulnerability, which allows attackers to cause a system restart or privilege elevation.

Timeline

Published 2017-04-02

Modified 2026-05-13

External references

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Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2016-8763

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · OS

os:"P9 Firmware"

Hosts Shodan identified as running P9 Firmware.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2016-8763

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-8763