CVE-2016-9494

Hughes high-performance broadband satellite modems, models HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SM, are potentially vulnerable to improper input validation, potentially leading to denial of service

N/A
Published: July 13, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
8 products affected across 1 vendorHN7000S FirmwareDW7000 FirmwareHN7740S Firmware

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

Hughes high-performance broadband satellite modems, models HN7740S DW7000 HN7000S/SM, are potentially vulnerable to improper input validation. The device's advanced status web page that is linked to from the basic status web page does not appear to properly parse malformed GET requests. This may lead to a denial of service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

hughes-dw7000 (same device)
hughes-hn7000s (same device)
hughes-hn7000sm (same device)
hughes-hn7740s (same device)
All versions
All versions
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/614751
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96244

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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