CVE-2016-8763
The TrustZone driver in Huawei P9 phones with software Versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B352 and P9 Lite with software VNS-L21C185B130 and…
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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
ID reserved
By huawei
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.75% · top 45% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- improper resource release
- CWE-664 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-664 and its CVEs
Affected products
P9,P9 Lite,P8 Lite Versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B352,VNS-L21C185B130 and earlier versions,ALE-L02C636B150 and earlier versions
- affected P9,P9 Lite,P8 Lite Versions earlier than EVA-AL10C00B352,VNS-L21C185B130 and earlier versions,ALE-L02C636B150 and earlier versions
References (2)
- 94509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161123-01-smartphone-en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-8763)Record last updated .