The WiFi driver in Huawei Honor 6 smartphones with software H60-L01 before…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
The WiFi driver in Huawei Honor 6 smartphones with software H60-L01 before H60-L01C00B850, H60-L11 before H60-L11C00B850, H60-L21 before H60-L21C00B850, H60-L02 before H60-L02C00B850, H60-L12 before H60-L12C00B850, and H60-L03 before H60-L03C01B850 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges via a crafted application.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | h60-l01 – h60-l01c00b850; h60-l02 – h60-l02c00b850; h60-l03 – h60-l03c01b850; h60-l11 – h60-l11c00b850; h60-l12 – h60-l12c00b850; h60-l21 – h60-l21c00b850 | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Huawei |
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions h60-l01 – h60-l01c00b850; h60-l02 – h60-l02c00b850; h60-l03 – h60-l03c01b850; h60-l11 – h60-l11c00b850; h60-l12 – h60-l12c00b850; h60-l21 – h60-l21c00b850 Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-6179
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q49g-q9qj-46qw
References
More Huawei Honor 6 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-01935 Path traversal in Huawei P8 Lite,Mate 7,Mate S,P8,honor 6,honor 7,SHOTX,G8, CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2017-01934 Command injection in Huawei P8 Lite,Mate 7,Mate S,P8,honor 6,honor 7,SHOTX,G8, CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-07230 Memory corruption in Huawei H60 , P9 Plus CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-07216 Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-07215 Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-07214 Memory corruption in P9,Honor 6 Versions before EVA-AL10C00B192,Versions before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-6179 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-6179 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q49g-q9qj-46qw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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