Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16…
Priority LOW 35CWE-254Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Huawei Honor 6, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 7 phones with software versions earlier than 6.9.16 could allow attackers to disable the PXN defense mechanism by invoking related drive code to crash the system or escalate privilege.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00751 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 | Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 Vendor— Affected Honor 6,Honor 6 Plus,Honor 7 Versions earlier than 6.9.16 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_plus_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Huawei |
| cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Huawei |
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_6_plus_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_6_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:o:huawei:honor_7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Huawei
- cpe:2.3:h:huawei:honor_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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-2016-8768
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cq9v-ccm4-prw3
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-2016-8768 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-8768 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cq9v-ccm4-prw3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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